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A member asked:

Sucralfate is very safe.isnt it a better option than ppis for providing acid protection to stomach and esophogus?new resrch says ppis have sid effects

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Not perfect (Answ#8): Neither PPI's nor sucralfate are perfect drugs, and both have been well studied as they've been respectively around a VERY long time (not sure what you're referring to by "new research" except to quote a few retrospective studies of questionable clinical significance regarding PPI's).

Dr Fowler and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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