title: [Treatment of stomach ulcer with bismuth subnitrate, oxytetracycline and metronidazole].
abstract: 60 patients with recurrent duodenal ulcers were treated with bismuth subnitrate, oxytetracycline and metronidazole. Helicobacter pylori status was assessed before and after treatment by means of the 14C-urea breath test. All patients were helicobacter positive before treatment. Four weeks after cessation of therapy H pylori had been eradicated in 57 out of 60 patients (95%). The ulcer healing rate was 100% after six weeks. 43% of the patients complained of moderate to severe side effects, mainly nausea and diarrhoea, but no patients discontinued the treatment prematurely. The study indicates that nearly all patients with recurrent duodenal ulcer are infected with H pylori, and that the present triple treatment regimen is very effective both in eradicating H pylori and in healing the ulcer.
authors.affiliation: Psykiatrisk institutt, Haukeland sykehus, Bergen.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilhelmsen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hundal
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berstad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berstad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001729:Bismuth / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole; C010804:bismuth subnitrate; D001729:Bismuth; D010118:Oxytetracycline
vernacular_title: Behandling av magesår med vismutsubnitrat, oksytetracyklin og metronidazol.