Dickman and colleagues compared this alternative therapy with doubling the dose of the PPI in patients with GERD who fail treatment with a standard-dose PPI. The study included 30 adult patients ...
Proton-pump-inhibitor (PPI) therapy has been used for over a decade for the successful treatment of patients with GERD; however, it has been shown that 35-40% of patients with GERD have persistent ...
In some patients with GERD, PPI monotherapy is insufficient and combination therapy with prokinetics and PPIs is required to achieve symptom relief; however, early identification of patients who ...
GERD is a condition that makes you prone to acid reflux and, over time, can cause damage to your esophagus. The seven available PPI medicines are roughly equal in effectiveness and safety but ...