http://www.heddaonbroadway.com Hope in every Heartbeat Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:49:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.heddaonbroadway.com/2009/11/medicine-for-peptic-ulcer/ http://www.heddaonbroadway.com/2009/11/medicine-for-peptic-ulcer/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:03:46 +0000 admin http://heddaonbroadway.com/?p=36 It occurs in the part of gastro intestinal track which is exposed to stomach and duodenum. Peptic ulcer disease is strongly associated with a gastric infection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). It is a bacterium that grows in the stomach. Peptic ulcers found in the stomach are called gastric ulcers, and found in the duodenum i.e., upper part of the small intestine are called duodenal ulcers
The symptoms are
• burning pain in the gut
• comes in the middle of the night on an empty stomach
• starts 2 to 3 hours after a meal
• anorexia
• nausea
• Vomiting
The commonly used medicine is Ranitidine. The brand name is HISTAC, ZINETAC, and RANTAC. The dosage of the medicine is 300 mg at bed time or 150 mg at twice daily. Parenteral dose is 50 mg i.m or slow i.v injection every 6-8 hours. The common side effects of the medicine are head ache, diarrhoea / constipation, dizziness. Rashes are infrequent. Hepatic injury, CNS effects and haematological changes are rare, mostly seen in elderly and seriously ill patients.

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