Journal article
Iron-deficiency Anemia Caused by a Proton Pump Inhibitor
Internal medicine (Tokyo, 1992), Vol.53(20), pp.2297-2299
01/01/2014
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2743
PMID: 25318791
Abstract
A 59-year-old man was orally administered rabeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), for gastroesophageal reflux disease, after which he gradually developed iron-deficiency anemia. The anemia did not improve following the administration of ferrous fumarate, and endoscopic screening of the entire gastrointestinal tract, including the small intestine, did not reveal any findings indicating the cause of the anemia. The patient was then switched from rabeprazole to famotidine and the anemia was cured within three months. There is much debate as to whether the long-term use of PPIs causes iron-deficiency. However, this case strongly suggests that PPIs can induce iron-deficiency anemia.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Iron-deficiency Anemia Caused by a Proton Pump Inhibitor
- Creators
- Rintaro Hashimoto - Sendai Kosei Hosp, Dept Gastroenterol, Sendai, Miyagi, JapanTomoki Matsuda - Sendai Kosei Hosp, Dept Gastroenterol, Sendai, Miyagi, JapanAkimichi Chonan - Sendai Kosei Hosp, Dept Gastroenterol, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Internal medicine (Tokyo, 1992), Vol.53(20), pp.2297-2299
- Publisher
- Japan Soc Internal Medicine
- DOI
- 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2743
- PMID
- 25318791
- ISSN
- 0918-2918
- eISSN
- 1349-7235
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984695678302771
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