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Article: Helicobacter pylori and Functional Dyspepsia: A New Twist to the Tale!
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- Internal Medicine Alert
- Article date:
- November 29, 2000
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Helicobacter pylori and Functional Dyspepsia: A New Twist to the Tale!
Abstracts & commentary
Synopsis: The small but significant advantage for omeprazole 20 mg in the H. pylori-positive patients was, perhaps, related to enhanced acid secretion in the presence of H. pylori.
Sources: Blum AL, et al. Gut 2000;47:473-480; McColl KE. Gut 2000;47:461-462.
After a complete diagnostic workup, 792 patients with functional dyspepsia were randomized to two weeks of treatment with either placebo, ranitidine 150 mg, omeprazole 10 mg, or omeprazole 20 mg daily. Therapeutic response was evaluated according to Helicobacter pylori status. Remission ...