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H2-receptor antagonists an Helicobacter pylori eradication
1Dept. of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. Supplement
|January 1, 1995
Abstract
Background:
To discuss the place of histamine H2-receptor antagonists in eradication therapy of Helicobacter pylori.
Methods:
Analysis of two papers in this supplement and the relevant literature.
Results:
Triple therapy comprising ranitidine and two antibiotics is effective in speeding up healing of duodenal ulcer and eradicating H. pylori from the stomach.
Conclusion:
Ranitidine is to be considered as a valuable and safe component of triple therapy against H. pylori in duodenal ulcer patients.