title: Comparison of cimetidine and tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate in healing and relapse of duodenal ulcers.
abstract: A comparison between cimetidine and tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate liquid (TDB) in the treatment of endoscopically diagnosed duodenal ulcer by single-blind randomized trial in 48 patients has shown 18 (75%) out of 24 patients receiving TDB and 13 (54%) out of 24 patients receiving cimetidine healed after 4 weeks' therapy. Symptomatic improvement within 1 month was seen in 19 patients on TDB and 18 patients on cimetidine, but did not only occur in patients whose ulcers healed. On follow-up, endoscopically proven relapse occurred within 1 year in 47% of patients whose ulcers had healed during treatment with TDB in comparison with 60% of those healing on cimetidine.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001729:Bismuth / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011897:Random Allocation; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002927:Cimetidine; C002791:bismuth tripotassium dicitrate; D001729:Bismuth