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To: TASMANIANRED
I have no idea what a pump inhibitor is--one was not prescribed for me. I'm being treated by an Internal Medicine doctor.

Like I said, the prescribed treatment seems to be working for me. I was told that if the condition is not completely gone after 2 wks treatment, then you must take the drugs for another 2 wks.

49 posted on 02/17/2008 4:20:54 PM PST by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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If you have a diagnosed case of h. pylori I am assuming it was diagnosed by a gasteroenterologist. A blood test isn’t sufficient. You need the gold standard, a biopsy.

If you really do have h. pylori you need that acid inhibitor and a course of antibiotics. H. pylori is a bacterium and the cure is simple. Go to a specialist. Otherwise you could get some nasty complications.


53 posted on 02/17/2008 5:46:47 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: basil
I have no idea what a pump inhibitor is--

Pepcid,Zantac,Prilosec....I think they all work in pretty much the same way and I think they're all "pump inhibitors".

57 posted on 02/17/2008 6:25:07 PM PST by Hot News Flash
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