Healing of Benign Gastric and Prepyloric Ulcers: A Prospective, Endoscopy-Controlled, Randomized, Double-Blind, Canadian Multicentre Study of Omeprazole 20 and 40 mg Daily and Rantidine 150 mg Twice a Day

A double-blind, randomized study was conducted in 118 patients with benign gastric or prepyloric ulcers to compare the efficacy of omeprazole 20 or 40 mg daily with ranitidine 150 mg twice daily. The healing rates at four weeks were 67, 79 and 54% and at eight weeks increased to 90, 97 and 71 % for...

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Main Authors: Pierre Paré, Robert J Bailey, André P Archambault, Henri Navert, C Noel Williams, ABR Thomson, Denis Levesque, Alain Farley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1990-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/437472