They’re just too dangerous to take.

I think we’ve heard enough about the adverse effects of those popular acid-suppressing meds called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) at this point to say you need to stop taking them right away.

And that if you’ve never popped one, don’t ever start.

The latest in a long list of studies has just come out, that once again links bestselling OTC meds like Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid to a potentially deadly type of diarrhea — one that more and more people are getting sacked with.

This is a warning you need to hear now… so you can try to stop the damage before it’s too late.

A growing list of horrors
Just last month, I told you about a study from Washington University School of Medicine that found these meds, when taken for prolonged periods of time, can actually shut down your kidneys.

Without any warning signs.

But that’s just the beginning of the frightening evidence piling up against these easy-to-find drugs.

A just-out study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic has confirmed that using proton pump inhibitors can up your risk of coming down with “multiple” Clostridium difficile infections (more commonly called C. diff) by a whopping 50 percent. This condition is something that is incredibly hard to treat, and kills over 15,000 people a year — most of whom are over 65.

According to this new research, which looked at previous studies that involved close to 8,000 patients suffering from C. diff, those who took the PPI drugs continued to get repeated infections from this nasty bug.

I think it’s fair to say that once you’ve had this problem and successfully treated it, certainly the very last thing you want to do is up your odds of it coming back!

As an eAlert reader, you know that this isn’t the first time the connection between PPI drugs and C. diff has been made. And it’s absolutely shocking that these studies keep coming out again and again, but still, doctors seem to brush them aside as if the condition is just some little annoyance.

One, who was widely quoted in the media, David Bernstein, chief of hepatology at Northwell Health in Manhasset, N.Y, actually had the gall to say “we don’t see this as a problem” and that he wouldn’t change a thing in what he recommends to patients.

Unbelievable! How much more do doctors like this need to hear before they do see these drugs as a “problem”?

In fact, at the beginning of the year, I told you about another study that found PPI drugs can make you 70 percent more likely to come down with C. diff! That sure sounds like a problem to me.

And that’s not all. Another very recent study discovered these meds may be increasing the odds of dementia in seniors by 44 percent!

Life-threatening infections… kidney failure… dementia. Please tell me how much more we need to know before these drugs are put back behind the counter (if not banned entirely).

Still, it’s important to remember, that if you’re currently taking one of them, don’t stop “cold turkey.” That could set off the worst acid attacks you’ve ever had — which is why you need to slowly wean yourself off.

And once you do, try these methods of keeping your acid at bay:

• Take probiotics, such as kefir and yogurt, or in supplement form.
• Sip a glass of water with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar every day.
• Raise your head higher in bed and cut down on high-acid drinks, such as coffee.
• Don’t eat too close to bedtime.

Also, if a friend or loved one is always popping these pills, please forward them this eAlert. You may just save them from a lot of pain and suffering — and you might even save their life.

“Heartburn drugs linked to recurring superbug infections” Steven Reinberg, March 28, 2017, CBS News, cbsnews.com