[Various new approaches to the treatment of patients with uncomplicated peptic ulcer]

Basing on literature and his own experience, the author suggests the standard therapy of ulcer with spare diet to be revised. In noncomplicated duodenal ulcer soft diet is not obligatory for it has no advantages over unmeasured diet. The same is true for hospital treatment of duodenal ulcer, as the patients demonstrated the same mean duration of the ulcer healing in outpatient conditions. Healing of duodenal ulcer, compared in duration for monotherapy (histamine H2 blockers) and polychemotherapy (peritol plus antacids or cymetidine plus antacides) showed that neither therapy is preferable.