Talk:Helicobacter pylori eradication protocols

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Re: acid reflux drugs to treat H. pylori instead of antibiotic plus calcium tablets

This assertion in the top section needs not only a citation but should be challenged with citations from peer-reviewed journal articles that do not insist on acid reflux drugs, as the current wording reads all too much like a drug manufacturer's advertising pitch to physicians. The acid reflux drugs were prescription drugs that lost tons of money the moment physicians realized that H. pylori needed to be treated with antibiotics, not with acid-limiting drugs and bland diets -- which is why those drugs were then renamed and repurposed as over-the-counter drugs for common acid reflux (i.e., so that drug makers could recapture some of that lost market). One can fairly argue that the incidence stomach and esophageal cancer due to acid reflux isn't anywhere near great enough to justify the massive marketing campaign, direct to consumers this time, that drug makers have undertaken now that these drugs are over the counter. Moreover, there is medical evidence that acid-reflux drugs also lower the immune system, which is an undesirable side effect (in which case, simple calcium tablets with the antibiotics are a better choice). So: that paragraph really needs to be rewritten, with more peer-reviewed journal citations. Mrtraska (talk) 19:48, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Add bismuth - it helps

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2015-311019 JFW | T@lk 12:04, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]