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| DerekF 2005-01-31, 11:20 am |
| My wife had erosive gastritis with about sixty small ulcers. She has just
completed a two month course of Omeprazole, How confident can she be that
the problem is solved? Her GP admitted to not having a crystal ball and gave
her the choice of continuing the medication indefinably or stopping it. She
chose to stop.
Derek.
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| Howard McCollister 2005-01-31, 11:20 am |
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"DerekF" <lordpilrig@NOXbtinternet.com> wrote in message
news:3627esF4sl84mU1@individual.net...
> My wife had erosive gastritis with about sixty small ulcers. She has just
> completed a two month course of Omeprazole, How confident can she be that
> the problem is solved? Her GP admitted to not having a crystal ball and
> gave her the choice of continuing the medication indefinably or stopping
> it. She chose to stop.
Without a repeat EGD, there's no way to know. Stopping the PPI for erosive
gastritis after two months might be reasonable it there was a defineable
cause for her problem, such as Helicobacter pylori infection. In that case,
a urease breath test might be a simple way to determine if the infection was
effectively treated and she could stop the PPI. If her erosive gastritis was
due to acid/peptic disease, then stopping the PPI might be premature,
especially in the absence of proof that the erosive process has been
successfully addressed.
HMc
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| DerekF 2005-01-31, 11:20 am |
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"Howard McCollister" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "DerekF" <lordpilrig@NOXbtinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:3627esF4sl84mU1@individual.net...
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> Without a repeat EGD, there's no way to know. Stopping the PPI for erosive
> gastritis after two months might be reasonable it there was a defineable
> cause for her problem, such as Helicobacter pylori infection. In that
> case, a urease breath test might be a simple way to determine if the
> infection was effectively treated and she could stop the PPI. If her
> erosive gastritis was due to acid/peptic disease, then stopping the PPI
> might be premature, especially in the absence of proof that the erosive
> process has been successfully addressed.
>
> HMc
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She originally had a duodenal ulcer caused by Helicobacter and had the
triple therapy for it. She was later prescribed Voltarol/Diclofenac for
gout and the EGD showed erosive gastritis and the healed duodenal. We
believe the Voltarol caused the gastric ulcers.
Derek.
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