GI Pharmacology Flashcards
What kind of drugs are Omeprazole and Esomeprazole?
Proton pump inhibitors
What would you prescribe to a patient presenting with GORD?
Proton pump inhibitors such as Omeprazole
What would you give to a patient that wasn’t showing a complete response to PPI’s for the management of GORD?
Add H2RA
Fundoplication
What are the symptoms of gastritis?
Burning epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting
What are the erosive causes of gastritis?
NSAIDS, alcohol and bile
What is the non-erosive cause of gastritis?
H.pylori
What treatment would you five to someone with autoimmune causes of gastritis?
Cyanocobalamin and VitB12
What constitutes the triple therapy used to treat H.pylori?
PPI’s
Amoxicillin
Clarithromycin
Metronidazole if amoxicillin is contraindicated
When managing peptic ulcers, what drug would you give if NSAIDs were still required?
Misoprostol