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The Gut Medication Most Patients Stay On Too Long
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Most patients on a proton pump inhibitor have no idea it was only meant to be used for 8 to 12 weeks. Some have been on it for a decade. Nobody ever sat down to ask if they still need it. Millions of people fill this prescription every single month without a second thought, and most of them were never told there was an end date in the first place.
In this episode, I'm going to explain what stomach acid actually does for your gut, what happens when it gets suppressed for years, and how to have the conversation about stopping…
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