Description Of Proton Pump Inhibitors

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Proton pump inhibitors are a group of drugs whose chief action is a pronounced and long lasting reduction of gastric acid reduction. They are the greatest potent inhibitors of acid secretion available. Proton pump inhibitors are amid the most widely sold drugs in the world. They are used to treat many conditions such as dyspepsia, peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Anti-ulcer drugs are drugs used to treat stomach ulcers and the upper part of the small intestine. Anti-secretory agents are drugs used to control or reduce the gastric acid section.
Proton pump inhibitors act by permanently blocking the hydrogen/potassium adenosine triphosphate enzyme (H+K+ATPase) or more generally the gastric proton

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