Inappropriate Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Martin Ziska, PharmD, BS; Nicole L. McMaster-Baxter, PharmD, MS, BCPS; and Richard M. Cadle, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

Dr. Ziska is a clinical pharmacist in geriatrics at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this study, he was a pharmacy practice resident at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston, Texas. Dr. McMaster-Baxter is a clinical pharmacy specialist in internal medicine at the MEDVAMC; an instructor in the section of internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas; and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Dr. Cadle is the clinical pharmacy manager, pharmacy residency program director, and an infectious disease clinical pharmacy specialist in the MEDVAMC; an assistant professor of medicine in the infectious diseases section at BCM; and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston.

Martin Ziska, PharmD, BS; Nicole L. McMaster-Baxter, PharmD, MS, BCPS; and Richard M. Cadle, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

Dr. Ziska is a clinical pharmacist in geriatrics at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this study, he was a pharmacy practice resident at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston, Texas. Dr. McMaster-Baxter is a clinical pharmacy specialist in internal medicine at the MEDVAMC; an instructor in the section of internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas; and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Dr. Cadle is the clinical pharmacy manager, pharmacy residency program director, and an infectious disease clinical pharmacy specialist in the MEDVAMC; an assistant professor of medicine in the infectious diseases section at BCM; and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston.

Martin Ziska, PharmD, BS; Nicole L. McMaster-Baxter, PharmD, MS, BCPS; and Richard M. Cadle, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

Dr. Ziska is a clinical pharmacist in geriatrics at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this study, he was a pharmacy practice resident at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston, Texas. Dr. McMaster-Baxter is a clinical pharmacy specialist in internal medicine at the MEDVAMC; an instructor in the section of internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas; and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Dr. Cadle is the clinical pharmacy manager, pharmacy residency program director, and an infectious disease clinical pharmacy specialist in the MEDVAMC; an assistant professor of medicine in the infectious diseases section at BCM; and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Houston.