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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).
Answered 11/28/2017
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