title: 20 versus 30 mg omeprazole once daily: effect on healing rates in 115 duodenal ulcer patients.
abstract: In a double-blind, dose comparison multicenter trial 115 patients with duodenal ulcer were treated with either 20 or 30 mg oral omeprazole once daily for 4 weeks. There was no difference in the healing rates for the two groups after 2 and 4 weeks. After 2 weeks with 20 and 30 mg healing frequencies were 79.0 and 72.7%, after 4 weeks 96.5 and 92.7%. No difference was observed between the groups in the number of pain episodes during day and night. No side effects to the drug occurred. A daily dose of 20 mg omeprazole may be effective in ulcer therapy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009853:Omeprazole; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D001562:Benzimidazoles; D009853:Omeprazole