Postthyroidectomy Throat Pain and Swallowing: Do Proton Pump Inhibitors Make a Difference?

Postthyroidectomy Throat Pain and Swallowing: Do Proton Pump Inhibitors Make a Difference?

Objectives. Following thyroid surgery patients complain from swallowing disability and throat pain resembling symptoms of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). The purpose of this study is to assess whether proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) given to patients in the first postoperative week relieve the swallowing disability and throat pain complaints. Materials and Methods. A questionnaire was given to 52...

Do Proton Pump Inhibitors Decrease Calcium Absorption?

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increase osteoporotic fracture risk presumably via hypochlorhydria and consequent reduced fractional calcium absorption (FCA). Existing studies provide conflicting information regarding the direct effects of PPIs on FCA. We evaluated the effect of PPI therapy on FCA. We recruited women at least 5 years past menopause who were not taking acid suppressants. Participa...

Job Performance of Iranian English Teachers: Do Teaching Experience and Gender Make a Difference?

In the available teacher development literature, the linkage between teaching experience, as one the crucial factors in teacher development (Tsui, 2005), and English teachers’ job performance with regard to gender differences has remain widely underexplored. To fill up this lacuna, this study investigated whether there was any significant correlation between Iranian English teachers’ years of e...

Proton Pump Inhibitors: Omeprazole

Oral Proton Pump Inhibitors

There is currently a lack of evidence to suggest superior clinical efficacy of one oral proton pump inhibitor over any other. Proton pump inhibitors display similar doseresponse relationships with similar potencies and efficacies at the equivalent dose. The decision to select one proton pump inhibitor over another is likely to be based on the agents’ licensed indication, patient tolerability an...