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Advanced Clinical Pharmacology |
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Question:
An acceptable first-line treatment for peptic ulcer disease with positive
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) test is:
Answer:
PPI bid plus clarithromycin plus amoxicillin for 14 days
Question:
After H. pylori treatment is completed, the next step in peptic ulcer disease
therapy is:
Answer:
a PPI for 8 to 12 weeks until healing is complete
, Question:
A patient with mild GERD is started on the medication first
Answer:
Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonists
Question:
The next step in treatment when a patient has been on PPIs twice daily for 12
weeks and not improving is to:
Answer:
refer the patient for endoscopy
Question:
82-year-old man takes two aspirin every morning to treat the arthritis pain in
his back. Heartburn lately from the aspirin. After ruling out an acute GI bleed,
what would be an appropriate course of treatment for him?
Answer:
Add an H2 blocker such as ranitidine to his therapy or decrease his aspirin
does to one tablet daily