title: [Drug clinics. The drug of the month. Ranitidine bismuth citrate (Pylorid)].
abstract: Ranitidine bismuth citrate (Pylorid, Glaxo-Wellcome) is a novel salt of ranitidine which provides a unique combination of properties: inhibition of secretion of gastric acid by competitive antagonism of the action of histamine at the histamine H2-receptor on the gastric parietal cell, mucosal protective effects and anti-Helicobacter pylori action. Ranitidine bismuth citrate provides effective healing and symptom relief, both in duodenal ulcer disease and in gastric ulcer disease. When coprescribed with certain antibiotics (clarithromycin alone or combined with amoxicillin or nitro-imidazole), it heals ulcers, eradicates Helicobacter pylori and prevents recurrence of the disease. Several clinical studies demonstrated that ranitidine bismuth citrate is well-tolerated and has quite similar efficacy as proton pump inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Service Associé, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scheen
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000863:Antacids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001729:Bismuth / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000187:drug effects; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000863:Antacids; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D010406:Penicillins; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; C073340:ranitidine bismuth citrate; D000658:Amoxicillin; D011899:Ranitidine; D017291:Clarithromycin; D001729:Bismuth