Peptic Ulcer

Follow the links below to information on peptic or stomach ulcers and the role of helicobacter pylori infection.
Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Eradication therapy for peptic ulcer disease in Helicobacter pylori positive patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Peptic ulcers are caused by acidic stomach juices damaging the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer) or upper small intestine (duodenal ulcer). This causes pain, indigestion and sometimes, bleeding. Ulcers can return after being healed, especially if th...
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   H. pylori eradication therapy vs. antisecretory non-eradication therapy (with or without long-term maintenance antisecretory therapy) for the prevention of recurrent bleeding from peptic ulcer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Peptic ulcers are caused by acidic stomach juices damaging the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer) or upper small intestine (duodenal ulcer). This causes pain, indigestion and sometimes, bleeding. Bleeding in the gut can be life-threatening. Several t...
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Peptic ulcers explained
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Our knowledge of ulcers, how they develop and how they should be treated has progressed rapidly in the past few years.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Peptic ulcers: how are they diagnosed?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   There are several tests to help your doctor determine if you have a peptic ulcer and what sort it is, whether a gastric ulcer or a duodenal ulcer.
Date:   Jul 2001
Title:   Peptic ulcers: what causes them?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Most ulcers occur as a result of infection by a bacterium known as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Helicobacter pylori and ulcer treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read how 2 Australian scientists discovered the Helicobacter pylori bacterium and changed conventional thinking about stomach ulcers.
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Stomach ulcer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A stomach ulcer is a break in the tissue lining the stomach. Most are caused by infection with the helicobacter pylori bacterium, not stress or poor diet as once thought. Treatment options include antibiotics and acid-suppressing medications.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Long-term management of patients taking proton pump inhibitors
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The use of PPIs is widespread. In the long-term management of patients taking PPIs, the initial indication for prescription always needs review. Persistent symptoms may require further investigation.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease by professional health specialists.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Peptic ulcers: what are the symptoms?
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read the descriptions of the main symptoms of peptic ulcers (duodenal ulcers or gastric ulcers).
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Peptic ulcers: treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Medicines used to treat peptic ulcers may be aimed at reducing the amount of acid in your stomach, protecting your ulcer from further damage, eradicating H. pylori bacteria, or all of these.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Peptic ulcer: complications
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Learn about the 3 main complications of peptic ulcers.
Date:   Dec 2001
Title:   Peptic ulcers
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   An ulcer is an area of damage to the lining of the stomach or upper part of the intestine.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Proton pump inhibitor treatment for acute peptic ulcer bleeding
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bleeding from ulcers in the stomach or duodenum is a common medical emergency. Research has suggested that reducing the amount of acid in the stomach may help to control the bleeding. The review compared the effect of one type of anti-acid drug (proton ...
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Epinephrine injection versus epinephrine injection and a second endoscopic method in high risk bleeding ulcers
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Endoscopic therapy reduces rebleeding rate, need for surgery, and mortality in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers. Injection of epinephrine is the most popular therapeutic method. Guidelines disagree on the need for a second haemostatic procedure immediately after epinephrine.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Peptic ulcer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Peptic ulcers occur in either the stomach or the first part of the small intestine that leads out of the stomach, called the duodenum.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Drugs that inhibit acid secretion
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Histamine H2-receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors are the main classes of drug used to inhibit gastric acid secretion.
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   Aspirin, alcohol and stomach bleeding: comments for consumers
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Aspirin and ibuprofen are examples of painkillers that can be bought without a prescription. Both painkillers can cause inflammation of the lining of the stomach. This can cause ulcers or bleeding.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   COX-2 inhibitors
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Arthritis which involves inflammation of the joints can be treated with medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The problem with these medicines is that they can cause stomach ulcers, particularly in older people.
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   COX-2 inhibitors
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Of the two cyclo-oxygenase enzymes, COX-2 is induced in inflammation and repair. Selective COX-2 inhibitors are now available. In early clinical trials their efficacy in arthritis was equivalent to that of less selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Date:   Jan 2000
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