Ulcer Treatment–Regimens and Duration of Inhibition of Acid Secretion: How Long to Dose

‘Difficult’ Duodenal Ulcer Patients: Clinical and Therapeutic Problems

“…To be more precise, these drugs yield healing rates of 75-80% after 4 weeks therapy and 90-95% at 8-12 weeks [1,2]. In a minority of patients -from 5 to 10% according to the populations studies [3,4] -, the ulcer re mains active even after this period and is thus defined as refractory or resistant to therapy.…”