Reviews & Views
Management of Helicobacter pylori
EDITORIAL – The management of H. pylori infection. Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. BMJ, 316(7126): 162-163, 17 Jan. 1998.
H. pylori: Epidemiology
CLINICAL REVIEW SECTION – Helicobacter pylori and gastric diseases. Division of Infectious Diseases, University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. BMJ, 316(7143): 1507-1510, 16 May 1998.
H. pylori: Cost effectiveness
Cost effectiveness of screening for and eradication of Helicobacfer pylori in management of dyspeptic patients under 45 years of age. BMJ, 312(7042): 1321-1325, 25 May 1996. Varying efficacy of Helicobaeter pylori eradication regimens: cost effectiveness study using decision analysis model.
Tagamen (Cimetidine) and Weight Loss
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Treating sexual disorders in family practice
Medical and psychological aspects, and factors relevant to couples integrated in a case-based approach. With the release of sildenafil (Viagra), Dr Maurice, a well-respected Canadian authority on sexual medicine, has provided physicians with a timely reference on how to manage patients and their partners’ sexual concerns beyond merely prescribing pills for potency.
The gastritis would be better treated with antibiotics?
Juanita Merchant, associate professor of internal medicine and physiology at the University of Michigan Health System. Antibiotics, says Merchant, “address the problem at the source – the bacteria. Merchant says over-the-counter antacids like Tagamet (Cimetidine), Pepcid AC (famotidine), and Zantac (ranitidine) aren’t as harmful because they allow some acid production to continue.