UK Notes PPI Dermatosis Risk: Will FDA Make Similar Communication?
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The UK drug regulator announces “a very low risk” of sub-acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus from use of PPIs, which are available there with the same ingredients approved for use in the US in products available OTC and RX – esomeprazole, lansoprazole and omeprazole – and Rx only, pantoprazole and rabeprazole.
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