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H. pylori infections are usually treated with at least two different antibiotics at once. This helps prevent the bacteria from developing a resistance to one particular antibiotic. Treatment may also include medications to help your stomach heal, including: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).
Can H. pylori be easily cured? You can treat the symptoms of an H. pylori infection with antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), and H-2 blockers. Treatment takes about 2 weeks.
This topic will review treatment regimens for H. pylori. The bacteriology, epidemiology, and diagnostic tests for H. pylori infection are discussed elsewhere.
Results: Optimized bismuth-based quadruple therapy (BQT) for 14-days is the recommended therapy for treatment-naïve patients (Figure 1, Table 1) as well as treatment-experienced patients who failed to eradicate H. pylori with an initial course of PPI-clarithromycin triple therapy.
Adults with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) should be tested for H. pylori infection. Those who test positive should be offered eradication therapy (conditional recommendation; very low quality of evidence). There is insuffi cient evidence to support routine testing for and treatment of H. pylori in
H. pylori is typically treated with a combination of antibiotics plus a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). Patients should be asked about previous antibiotic exposure to help guide the...
H. pylori-caused ulcers are treated with a combination of antibiotics and an acid-reducing proton pump inhibitor. Antibiotics: Usually two antibiotics are prescribed. Among the common choices are amoxicillin, clarithromycin (Biaxin®), metronidazole (Flagyl®) and tetracycline.
How is H. pylori treated? Treatment will depend on your symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is. Your healthcare provider may have you take medicine that kills bacteria (antibiotics). Other medicines may include: H-2 blockers.
H. pylori treatment helps to heal the ulcer, lowers the risk that the ulcer will return, and lowers the risk of bleeding from the ulcer. H. pylori treatment usually includes several medicines. At least two of the medicines are antibiotics that help to kill the bacteria.
To combat this, H. pylori treatment—described as eradication therapy—involves a combination of antibiotics that are best able to clear most major strains of the bacterium. Accompanying these are other drugs that reduce stomach acid and prevent H. pylori from sticking to the lining of your stomach.