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Review
. 2008 Jun;20(6):489-91.
doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f427c8.

Gastric ulcer treatment: cure of Helicobacter pylori infection without subsequent acid-suppressive therapy: is it effective?

Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten  1 , Bloeme van der Knoop
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Review

Gastric ulcer treatment: cure of Helicobacter pylori infection without subsequent acid-suppressive therapy: is it effective?

Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Jun.

Abstract

Whether it is a requirement to continue with anti-secretory therapy following anti-Helicobacter therapy in H. pylori positive gastric ulcers is an important question. As gastric ulcers tend to heal more slowly than duodenal ulcers, may be asymptomatic or only causing mild symptoms and success at curing H. pylori with current fist line therapies is 80% at best, clinicians will likely err on the side of caution and continue acid suppressive therapy to ensure healing of gastric ulcers. This is certainly recommended when dealing with bleeding ulcers.

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