Triple H pylori therapy for two weeks better than shorter four-drug regimens

摘要

TRIPLE-DRUG therapy for two weeks is more effective than shorter, four-drug regimens for treating Helicobacter pylori infection, new online data suggest {Lancet, 20 July 2011). Contrary to previous findings in European populations (FJ, 26 February 2011, p220), the Latin-American study showed eradication of H pylori was more likely with 14 days of the standard regimen of clarithromycin, amoxicillin and a proton-pump inhibitor (lansoprazole) than with a five- or 10-day regimen that also included metronidazole (see Panel).