title: [Use of omeprazole and esomeprazole in patients suffering from bronchial asthma with associated gastroesophageal reflux disease].
abstract: The purpose of this study is a comparative assessment of the clinical efficiency of Omeprazole and Esomeprazole in patients suffering from bronchial asthma (BA) with associated gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). 101 patients with BA and associated GERD being under study were divided into three groups depending on the way of application of the anti-reflux therapy. Patients from the I group were administered Omeprazole--20 mg per day, patients from the II group received Omeprazole--mg per day, and patients from the III group were administered Esomeprazole--40 mg per day, the treatment courses of each group amounting to eight weeks. The clinical efficiency indices of pulmonary (CEIP) and esophageal (CEIE) symptoms were calculated when the results of the study were summed. The decrease of CEIP and CEIE against the background of the anti-reflux therapy (for example, the CEIP of patients from the III group decreased from 14.9 +/- 1.5 (before the treatment) to 2.9 +/- 0.6 points following eight weeks of treatment (p < 0.001), and the CEIE decreased from 9.0 +/- 1.2 (before the treatment) to 1.7 +/- 0.3 points following eight weeks of treatment (p < 0.001)) has demonstrated the reliable improvement of the clinical course of BA with associated GERD. We failed to discover any essential differences between the impact of Omeprazole in the dose equal to 40 mg per day and the impact of Esomeprazole in the same dose on the CEIP. Thus, the CEIP amounted to 10.1 +/- 1.2 points in the II group and 8.5 +/- 1.4 points in the III group (p > 0.05) after the fourth week of treatment. At the same time, we have discovered a reliable advantage of Esomeprazole as compared with Omeprazole for the improvement of the CEIE. The therapy of BA with associated GERD with Omeprazole in the dose equal to 40 mg per day or Esomeprazole in the dose equal to 40 mg per day contributes to the reliable improvement of both pulmonary and esophageal symptoms, and application of Esomeprazole results in a faster reduction of bronchial obstruction and gastroesophageal reflux.
authors.affiliation: Moscow State Medical and Stomatological University.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Maev
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Viuchnova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Balashova
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Shchekina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D064098:Esomeprazole; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009853:Omeprazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D009853:Omeprazole; D064098:Esomeprazole