Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Dementia in the Veteran Population

Jenna Welu; Justin Metzger; Scott Bebensee; April Ahrendt; Micheal Vasek

Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Dementia in the Veteran Population

Fed Pract. 2019 Jun;36(Suppl 4):S27-S31.

Authors

Jenna Welu¹, Justin Metzger¹, Scott Bebensee¹, April Ahrendt¹, Micheal Vasek¹

Affiliation

¹ is a Pharmacy Resident, is Chief of Pharmacy, is a Home-Based Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, is a Systems Redesigner, and is a Program Analyst, all at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System in South Dakota. April Ahrendt is an Academic Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota School of Health Sciences in Vermillion.

PMID: 31296980
PMCID: PMC6604981

Abstract

There was a statistically significant association between use of proton pump inhibitors and dementia diagnosis in a 11-year retrospective study of patients at the Sioux Falls Veteran Affairs Health Care System.