Medications for PUD and GERD

Question 1

Drug Regimes for H. Pylori: Triple therapy

Duration?

Answer 1

Esomeprazole
Amoxicillin
Clarithromycin to clear up that bacteria

14 days

hint: triple therapy? you need ACE!

Question 2

Drug Regimes for H/ Pylori: Quadruple Therapy

Duration?

Answer 2

Esomeprazole

(same) metonidazole
(same) tetracycline
(same) bismuth subsalicylate

ranitidine

(same) metronidazole
(same) tetracycline
(same) bismuth

Question 3

What kind of drugs do we use to treat H. pylori?

Answer 3

PPI (–prazole) and two antimicrobials
or
PPI (–prazole) and H2 blocker (-tidine)

Question 4

Which are the antimicrobials we used for H pylori treatment

Answer 4

Amoxicilillin
Clarithromycin to clear up that bacteria
Metronizadole (Flagyl)
Tetracycline
Bismuth Subsalicylate

actmb

Question 5

action of H2 blockers

Answer 5

block the action of histamine in the stomach, decreasing acid