title: Rioprostil in the acute and long-term treatment of peptic ulcers: a review.
abstract: The new prostaglandin E1 analogue, rioprostil, significantly accelerates healing and the elimination of pain in cases of peptic ulcer. The anti-ulcerous potency of this prostaglandin is equivalent to that of cimetidine. In comparison with ranitidine, there is a positive trend in favour of the H2-receptor antagonist, ranitidine, which has a more pronounced antisecretory effect than rioprostil. The differences in the healing rates during treatment with rioprostil and ranitidine are statistically significant in some cases, whereas those relating to pain alleviation are not. In contrast, the therapeutic efficacy of the two substances is almost identical in cases of Ulcus ventriculi. Rioprostil can be used with much the same success as ranitidine for preventing the recurrence of duodenal ulcers. The frequency of diarrhoea during rioprostil treatment, 300 micrograms b.d. and 600 micrograms nocte, is approximately 10%. In only about 1% of the patients does the rioprostil treatment have to be discontinued because of this adverse reaction.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhaus Bethanien, Hamburg, West Germany.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Dammann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dreyer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011465:Prostaglandins, Synthetic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016630:Rioprostil
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011465:Prostaglandins, Synthetic; D016630:Rioprostil; D002927:Cimetidine; D011899:Ranitidine