FDA responds to Public Citizen antacid petition from 2011

5 November 2014
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The US Food and Drug Administration has responded to a 2011 petition from consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen regarding certain common antacid medications.

Public Citizen petitioned for stronger warnings and patient medication guides on all proton pump inhibitor products such as Nexium (esomeprazole), Prevacid (lansoprazole) and Prilosec (omeprazole). It then sued the FDA in federal district court for unreasonable delay in responding to the petition.

In its response, which came on October 31, the FDA agreed with and granted the following requests:

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