title: Sucralfate in the treatment of reflux esophagitis in adults: an update.
abstract: Sucralfate was evaluated in several clinical studies on reflux esophagitis, a total of over 400 patients were studied worldwide. In this study 49 patients with reflux esophagitis of stage I-III acc. to Savary and Miller were included. The evaluation was based on 41 patients, 22 received sucralfate suspension 1 g in 5 ml qid, 19 ranitidine 150 mg bid. The patients were treated for 8 weeks, endoscopic controls were performed before treatment and after 8 weeks. The healing rates were 64% in the sucralfate group and 68% in the ranitidine group and exhibited no significant difference (p greater than 0.05). Antacid consumption and symptomatic improvement were comparable in both groups. Sucralfate seems to be a valid alternative to H2-blockers in the treatment of reflux esophagitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kreiskrankenhaus, Schwetzingen, FRG.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Dammann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011897:Random Allocation; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013392:Sucralfate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013392:Sucralfate; D011899:Ranitidine