Acid reflux drugs and pca?

[Yzinger]

What are the groups thoughts on the use of reflux drugs perhaps causing prostate cancer? I've seen some of the articles out there but curious of the groups thoughts and comments

Thanks

[swwags]

Hmmm. Well I already have PCA so asking that question, imo, doesn't really matter much. Kinda reminds me of the old joke that after discovering so many foods cause cancer, not eating causes cancer.

On a serious note, I've read it, but it's raised as a question and not yet proven or disproven. The higher risk of chronic use of a PPI would be gastric or esophogeal cancer, and still low at that or better stated, studies related to it conflict each other.

I used to take crap like Prevacid or Prilosec, then I decided to figure out which foods were triggering it. Turns out, for me, that's anything made with wheat. I rarely eat any food that contains wheat.

[Yzinger in reply to swwags]

Thanks for the reply. We'll said and I needed that. There likely isn't one mistake that got us all here huh.

[swwags in reply to Yzinger]

not necessarily anyone's mistake, but looking forward is so much more healthier for me (mental well being) than the rear view mirror.

[Yzinger in reply to swwags]

1000%

[KingNeptune]

I quit taking acid reflux drugs years ago after reading they can contribute to bone loss, something most of us definitely don’t need since we’re already dealing with PC. I just take a teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in a glass of water, it works almost instantly and I take it multiple times a day if needed. I use Bob’s Red Mill, it’s organic and contains no aluminum. Good Luck.

[Yzinger in reply to KingNeptune]

You use it on demand when you have reflux or you take it each day?

[KingNeptune in reply to Yzinger]

On demand. For me it will knock the heartburn/reflux down even after the fact. Do your own research, I know it works for me and I hope it works for you too. Another plus is that it’s a lot cheaper.

[swwags in reply to KingNeptune]

Peppermint gum is fast relief as well

[London441]

I endorse swwags’s great answer to your question. Onward!

[NecessarilySo]

PPI's reduce iron absorption. That and coffee. I'm fighting anemia with low hemoglobin. As for causing prostate cancer, it's a possibility. We may never know what it was that caused ours.

[Radars in reply to NecessarilySo]

I was on ppis for donkeys years, I have recently changed to famatodine and also chamomile tea is good.

[Professorgary]

studies have found that men with prostate cancer have lower serum magnesium levels than men without Pca. Studies have also shown that ppi usage inhibits the absorption of magnesium. Studies have also shown low magnesium levels lead to osteoporosis. Pretty easy to connect the dots.

[j-o-h-n]

What are the groups thoughts on the use of reflux drugs perhaps causing prostate cancer?

Boulderdash!!! I've probably have taken a total of one ounce of a Reflux drug in 87 years (just started taken some low amount for one year now that I'm 88 years old).

Note: I ended up with Pca when I was 66 years old in 2002.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor,

j-o-h-n