title: Low dose, short-term, triple therapy for helicobacter pylori associated peptic ulcer.
abstract: To confirm the efficacy and tolerability of a new, low-dose, short-term triple therapy, 31 endoscopically diagnosed cases of peptic ulcer who were helicobacter pylori positive by brush cytology and urease test were inducted into the study. These patients were given lansoprazole 30 mg once a day, clarithromycin 250 mg twice a day and tinidazole 500 mg twice a day for one week only. Endoscopy, urease test and methylene blue test for helicobacter pylori were repeated four weeks after stopping the therapy. Ulcer healed in all the patients while helicobacter was eradicated in 90.3% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Zuberi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sheikh
mesh_terms: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D064747:Lansoprazole; D008297:Male; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D053799:2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D064747:Lansoprazole; D017291:Clarithromycin; D009853:Omeprazole