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Protonpumpinhibitors(PPIs)havebecomeoneofthemostcommonlyprescribeddrugclasseswithannualexpendituresin2009estimatedatUS$13.5billionintheUnitedStatesandUS$24billionworldwide.1
SeveralPPIsarecurrentlyapprovedbytheUSFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)fordiseasestatessuchasgastricorduodenalulcer,erosiveesophagitis,andgastroesophagealrefluxdisease(GERD).2–6
Additionally,currentguidelinessuggesttheuseofPPIsforthefollowingreasons:
preventingulcercomplicationsrelatedtouseofnonsteroidalanti-inflammatorydrugs(NSAIDs),managinggastroesophagealrefluxdiseaseandulcerbleeding,prophylaxisofstressulcers,andpreventinggastrointestinalrisksinpatientsreceivinganticoagulation.7–11
Themaximumrecommendedtreatmentdurationformanyoftheseindicationsis4to8weeks.Inordertopreventprolongedinappropriateuse,evaluationofsymptomresolutionandneedforcontinuedtherapyshouldbeperformed.Despitetreatmentrecommendations,severalstudiesfromcountriesoutsideoftheUnitedStateshaveshownthatPPIsareoftenexcessivelyandinappropriatelyusedintheinpatientsetting.12–15
PPIshavebeengenerallyregardedassafe,withthemostcommonadversereactionsbeingheadache,abdominalpain,nausea,diarrhea,vomiting,andflatulence.2–6,16
Thisperceivedsafetyandtolerabilityhasmostlikelycontributedtotheirincreaseduseandpotentialoveruse.Alarmingly,morerecentevidencehassuggestedthatPPIuseisnotasbenignasoriginallybelieved.Infact,studieshavelinkedPPIusewithmoreseriousadverseeffectssuchasincreasedriskof
Clostridiumdifficile
(C.difficile)infections,community-acquiredandhospital-acquiredpneumonia,andosteoporoticfracture,includinghipfracture.17
Inadditiontoadversereactions,riskswithPPItherapyalsoincludedrug-druginteractionsanddrug-nutrientinteractions,whichmayleadtovitamindeficiencies.Adruginteractionwithclopidogrelhasbeendescribed,however,theclinicalsignificanceofthisinteractionisquestionable.Othercommondrug-nutrientinteractionsincludereducedabsorptionofcalcium,iron,andvitaminB12.17
Duetoincreasingreportsofpotentiallyseriousadverseeffectsanddrug-druginteractions,thepossiblewidespreaduseofPPIinhospitalizedpatientsrequiresfurtherexamination.ThepurposeofthisreviewwastoevaluatetheappropriatenessofusewithPPIsinhospitalizedgeneralmedicalpatientsintheUnitedStatesandoutlinepotentialconsequencesassociatedwiththeuseofPPIs.
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Methods
AliteraturesearchwasconductedusingMEDLINE®
(1946toJuly,week3,2012)andEMBASE®
(1980to2012,week29).KeywordsandMedicalSubjectHeadings(MeSH)usedincludeprotonpumpinhibitorsandhospitalization.ResultswerelimitedtostudiesconductedinadultsubjectsandpublishedintheEnglishlanguage.StudieswereselectedforinclusioniftheyevaluatedtheuseofprotonpumpinhibitorsinthegeneralmedicalinpatientpopulationintheUnitedStates.StudieswerealsoonlyincludedifthemajorityofpatientsinthestudyweretakingaPPI(versusahistamine2
receptorantagonist).StudieswereexcludediftheywereconductedoutsideoftheUnitedStates,oriftheystudiedonlypatientsinthecriticalcaresetting.Referencesofselectedarticles,reviewarticles,andtreatmentguidelineswerealsoexaminedforpertinentarticles.
Mechanismofaction,metabolism,andpharmacokineticprofile
PPIsareabsorbedintheproximalsmallbowelandachievepeakconcentrationsofapproximately0.5to2mg/mL.18
AllPPIsundergolowratesofhepaticfirst-passmetabolismandthushavehighoralbioavailability;
oralbioavailabilityrangesfrom77%forpantoprazoleto90%forlansoprazole.18
PPIsarehighlyproteinbound,witheachbinding95%orgreater.ThoughPPIsareknowntoinhibitacidsecretionforupto36hours,theireliminationhalf-lifeisshort,rangingfrom30minutesto2hours.19
ThemechanismofactionofPPIsleadstoareductioningastricacidproductionviatheadenosinetriphosphateases(H+,K+-ATPase)pumps,whichareresponsiblefortheregulationofgastricpH.PPIsselectivelyandirreversiblybindtoH+,K+-ATPasepumps,alsoreferredtoasprotonpumps,inhibitingbothbasalandstimulatedsecretionofgastricacid.19
PPIsaremetabolizedprimarilythroughthecytochromeP450(CYP)enzymes2C19and3A4.ThoughallPPIsutilizetheCYPsystem,itshouldbenotedthattherearedifferencesintheextenttowhichtheirdegradationdependsonthegivenCYP.18
Forexample,onlyasmallpercentageofrabeprazoleutilizesCYP2C19andCYP3A4formetabolism.Further,omeprazole,esomeprazole,andpantoprazolepredominantlyrelyonCYP2C19formetabolism,lansoprazolesignificantlyreliesonbothCYP2C19andCYP3A4.
Clinicalstudies
StudiesevaluatingoveruseofPPItherapyonly
TherearetwopublishedstudiesevaluatingthesoleuseofPPIsinthehospitalizedsetting.ThefirstofthesestudieswasconductedbyReidetalasaretrospectivereviewfromtwodatabasesfromuniversity-affiliatedhospitalsinColorado(Table1).20
Thisstudywasconductedinrandomlyselectedadultpatientsaged18to90yearsadmittedformedicalservices.AppropriatenessofPPItherapywasdeterminedusingInternationalClassificationofDiseases,9thRevision(ICD-9)codes.Interestingly,resultsfromtheevaluationofbothdatabasesfoundthat40%ofpatientsinonedatabaseand14%ofpatientsintheotherwereprescribedPPIsduringhospitalization.OfthosethatwereprescribedPPItherapy,39%and27%ofpatientsinthesedatabases,respectively,wereclassifiedashavingvalidindicationsforPPIuse.Arandomchartreviewof5%ofpatientsindicatedthatutilizationofICD-9codesmaybeinaccurateandrevealeda19%errorrate.Adjustingthedataaccordingtothisadministrativeerrorrateresultedin>
50%failingtomeetproperindicationsforPPItherapy.Further,safetyinformationwasalsocollected,andpatientsreceivingPPIsinbothdatabasepopulationshadahigherrateofconcurrent
C.difficileinfection:
1.16%inthePPIpopulationversus0.44%inthenon-PPIgroupinonedatabaseand1.32%versus0.003%,respectively,intheseconddatabase(P
<
0.001).Increasedconcurrentdiagnosisofpneumoniawassignificantlygreaterinonepopulation(8.2%inthePPIgroupversus5.3%inthenon-PPIgroup;
P
0.001)andatrendtowardsignificanceintheotherpopulation(10.1%inthePPIgroupand8.7%inthenon-PPIgroup;
=0.023).AftercorrectionusingtheBonferronimethod,a
value<
0.01wasdeemedstatisticallysignificant.Theresultsofthisstudyindicatethatthereisover-useofPPIinhospitalizedpatients.However,investigatorsutilizedretrospectivechartreview,whichledtoaself-reportedadministrativeerrorrateof19%.ThismayhaveoriginatedfromtheuseofICD-9codestodetermineappropriatenessoftherapy,asICD-9codestendtohavehighspecificitybutlowsensitivityincapturingallinpatientdiagnoses.Further,thedataonoverutilizationofPPIfromthetwodatabasesweredrasticallydifferentdespitesimilarmethodsemployed,bringingintoquestiontheaccuracyofthesefindings.
Table1
Studiesevaluatingtheuseofprotonpumpinhibitorsinhospitalizedadultpatients.
AstudyconductedbyThomasetalevaluatedappropriateinitiationofPPIsduringhospitalizationusingICD-9codes(Table1).21
TheinvestigatorsalsoevaluatedthecostassociatedwithinappropriateprescribingofPPItherapyinhospitalized,non–criticallyillpatientsusingmedicalandpharmacyclaimsfromalargemanagedcaredatabase.Informationwasgatheredthroughclaimsbasedon“placeofservice”fieldtoonlyincludeinformationfrominpatientclaims.PPItherapywasonlyconsideredappropriateifthepatientwasusingPPItherapypriortohospitalizationorifusewasconsistentwithdiagnoses.Atotalof20,197(68.8%)patientswerecategorizedasinappropriateusersofPPItherapy.Whencomparingcriticallyillpatientsversusmedicalpatients,therewasnostatisticallysignificantdifferencefoundwithrespecttoinappropriateuse(68.7%and68.9%,respectively).EvaluationofPPIoverusewasconductedcontinuouslyover4years;
overuseofPPIsdecreasedslightlyduringthistime.However,therewasnosignificantdifferenceovertime.SimilartothestudybyReidetal,concernsregardingtheaccuracyofresultsmayhavebeenlimitedbytheretrospectivenatureofthedesignofthisstudy.Additionally,miscodingorinaccuratediagnosiswaslikelygiventhatthereisnoICD-9codeforstressulcerprophylaxis(SUP).AuthorsmaynothaveaccountedforpotentialinaccuraciesinfindingswhenusingICD-9codes;
however,thefindingsreportedaresignificantandcannotbeoverlooked.
InadditiontothetwopreviousstudiesthatexaminedtheuseofPPIs,severalotherstudiesincludedpatientswhoweretakingPPIsaswellasthosetakingotheracidsuppressivetherapy.Forthepurposesofthisreview,studieswereonlyincludedifthemajorityofpatientsweretakingaPPI.
Guptaetallookedatthefrequencywithwhichinappropriateadministrationofacidsuppressivetherapy(AST)(eitherahistamine-2
receptorantagonist[H2RA]oraPPI)occurredduringhospitaladmissionandathospitaldischarge(Table1).22
PatientsadmittedtothegeneralmedicineunitofauniversityhospitalandwhoreceivedatleastonedoseofASTwereeligibleforthestudy.Patientswereexcludediftheyweretransferredfromtheintensivecareunit(ICU)orhadbeenprescribedASTpriortoadmission.Twohundredandseventy-ninepatientswererandomlyselectedovera3-monthperiodand