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  2. Anti-ulcer agents - Wikipedia

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    Several anti-ulcer dosing regimens that combine antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors (PPI) to treat helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) induced peptic ulcer disease (PUD). The role of antibiotic in the therapies is to eradicate H. pylori, while the action of PPI is to reduce gastric acid secretion.

  3. Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

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    As a result, PUD that is associated with H. pylori is currently treated with antibiotics used to eradicate the infection. For decades prior to their discovery, it was widely believed that PUD was caused by excess acid in the stomach. During this time, acid control was the primary method of treatment for PUD, to only partial success.

  4. Helicobacter pylori eradication protocols - Wikipedia

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    Helicobacter pylori eradication protocols is a standard name for all treatment protocols for peptic ulcers and gastritis in the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection. The primary goal of the treatment is not only temporary relief of symptoms but also total elimination of H. pylori infection.

  5. Helicobacter pylori - Wikipedia

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    Eradication of H. pylori is recommended to treat the infection, including when advanced to peptic ulcer disease. The recommendations for first-line treatment is a quadruple therapy consisting of a proton-pump inhibitor, amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and metronidazole. Prior to treatment, testing is recommended to identify any pre-existing ...

  6. Drugs for acid-related disorders - Wikipedia

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    The H 2 receptor antagonists are a class of drugs used to block the action of histamine on parietal cells in the stomach, decreasing the production of acid by these cells. H 2 antagonists are used in the treatment of dyspepsia , although they have been surpassed in popularity by the more effective [ 1 ] proton pump inhibitors .

  7. How to Get Rid of Blisters, According to Doctors - AOL

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    “The best way to approach a blister is to lance and drain it without unroofing it,” says family medicine physician Jesus Lizarzaburu, M.D. “Maintaining the blister roof allows it to be a ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    A mere 2.5 percent of all primary care doctors have gone through the certification process. “I cannot say it enough,” said then-Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) at the meeting. “Unless primary care physicians can identify the disease of addiction and know how to intervene, we will make slower progress than we should,” Levin said.

  9. Peptic ulcer disease - Wikipedia

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    Peptic ulcer disease is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer , while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer . [ 1 ]