Acid peptic diseases are common gastrointestinal disorders, which include gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcers, non-ulcer dyspepsia and stressrelated gastric mucosal injury. Drugs commonly used in the management of these disorders include antacids, H2 blockers, proton pump inhibitors and mucosal protective agents. In this chapter, pharmacology of these drugs will be discussed, followe...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The connection between Helicobacter pylori and complicated peptic ulcer disease in peptic ulcer bleeding (PUB) patients taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs has not been established. In this study, we sought to determine whether delayed H. pylori eradication therapy in PUB patients increases complicated recurrent peptic ulcers. METHODS We identified inpatient PUB patien...

Whether or not the incidence of ulcer relapse varies according to the drug used to produce initial healing is a controversial matter. We tackled this problem using data from 15 eligible trials from 25 published controlled trials in patients followed up for six to 12 months. Pooled estimates of differences in ulcer relapse incidence between patients initially healed with H2-antagonists and patie...

helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, spiral-shaped, microaerophilic organism that colonizes the stomach of humans and causes chronic-active gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancers, including adenocarcinoma of the stomach and malt (mucosal-associated lymphoid tumor) lymphomas. h. pylori colonizes the stomach of over 50 % the world’s human population, primarily those who reside in...

Ligneous conjunctivitis is a type of chronic characterized by the presence pseudomembranes on conjunctival surface. It can present as part multisystem disease with involvement other mucous membranes. A 1-year-old girl presented features conjunctivitis. Local examination revealed thick exudates in left tarsal conjunctiva, which was diagnosed an ulcer pseudomembrane and sterile culture. The patie...

the aim of the study was to study the anti-ulcer activity of the methanolic extract of the leaves of capparis zeylanica linn on experimental animal models. the methanol extract of capparis zeylanica linn. leaves was investigated for anti-ulcer activity against aspirin plus pylorus ligation induced gastric ulcer in rats. hcl-ethanol induced ulcer in mice and indomethacin induced ulcer in rats at...

and commentary also appear in ACP Journal Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For correspondence: Dr F K Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. [email protected] Source of funding: no external funding. Clopidogrel v aspirin plus esomeprazole for patients with previous aspirin ...