Long-term Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors May Cause Vitamin B12 Deficiency in the Institutionalized Elderly
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study was designed to determine whether elderly residents of long term care facilitated
who had been taking proton pump inhibitors (PPI) for more than 12 months were more likely to
have vitamin B12 deficiency than residents not taking PPI, and whether cyanocobalamin nasal
spray improved these subjects' vitamin B12 status.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Delaware
Treatments:
Hydroxocobalamin Proton Pump Inhibitors Vitamin B 12 Vitamin B Complex Vitamins