News|Podcasts|July 18, 2024

Innovations in GERD: What Vonoprazan (Voquezna) May Offer Over PPIs, with Adelina Hung, MD

The novel potassium-competitive acid blocker now boasts 3 FDA approvals across erosive and non-erosive GERD, expanding the treatment armamentarium for patients and clinicians.

Proton pump inhibitors have long been the mainstay of treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), dating back to omeprazole (Prilosec)’s initial approval in 1989. However, the treatment landscape has undergone its first major changes in the past 30 years with the emergence of vonoprazan (Voquezna).1,2