New research has linked the use of prescription drugs for stomach acid to a higher likelihood of developing allergies afterward.
Due to the study’s design, the results do not prove that gastric acid reducers — such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) — actually cause allergies. In a Nature Communications paper about their work, however, the authors suggest that the findings “infer” an increased risk of allergy. The data for the study came from health insurance records that cover around 8.2 million people living in Austria. This number represents 97% of the Austrian population.
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