and there are the prevacid and the h-2 blockers and they reduce the amount of acid in the stomach, the h-2 blockers are tagamet and pepcid and the latest study shows that people who take aspirin on a regular basis and who are candidates for problems with the aspirin, should take the proton pump inhibitors, rather than the h-2 blockers. the nexium-time drugs, the prilosec and the nexium, are more protective than the other category and i have a good tip for you, too. anybody who is taking aspirin on a daily basis, who is vulnerable to these problems, should get a blood test or a breathing test, to see whether they have the bacterium in their gut called h pylori. it is silent and 50% of people