Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease had a 4.1% increased incidence of dementia
From the AGA website, here is a nice review of the data thus far and how to alleviate your patients’ concerns. See the AGA review here.
“Data on risk of dementia from PPIs conflicts with earlier publications”
An NIH-supported study of 10,486 patients found no link between proton pump inhibitor use and patient risks for mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, based on patient-reported data of PPI use. The data, reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, contradict findings of two other recent studies. “The current findings do not