The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 280 No 7484 p10
5/12 January 2008

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PPIs drain drug budgets

Inappropriate prescribing of proton pump inhibitors is draining drugs budgets, a BMJ editorial argues (2008;326:2).

In 2006, £425m was spent on PPIs in England, even though effective and less costly alternatives,such as H₂ receptor antagonists, are available.