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Its confusing and impossible to work out exactly, but I kind of agree with your doctor. Just take all the antibiotics you have, don't forget the Nexium (more is better so I often give 40 mg 3x daily). If you fail treatment then nothing is lost because it means the bacterium was resistant to clarithr...

Regards Lyme: The ability to pull out PCR DNA fragments from a biological sample is not necessarily proof that the germ exists. Bacteria swap bits of DNA around so a piece could resemble a Lyme DNA yet Lyme might not be present. Similarly, antibodies which show up against Lyme could actually be just...

Gastric polyps of about 5 mm size are actually quite common (5-10% of people having endoscopy) and are almost always benign. So my strategy is to biopsy one or two so that I can tell the patient that the polyp IS benign. Some say that's a waste of money because it is so rare for a benign appearing "...

These days, in a modern country with clean chlorinated water supply, Hp can only be acquired from a close family member. That means a spouse or sometimes mother to child.
So I recommend have your partner tested and then both take the treatment at the same time. Follow up with breath tests.

Spreading out the doses does make sense. However, it is not proven to make any difference. In fact, in one study, two doses per day given at mealtimes was just as effective. Also, separating one type of tablet from the other, is unnecessary. If anyone knows of true evidence on these points let me kn...

An area of management worthy of discussion. Firstly, every (DIRECT) test becomes less accurate as we interfere with the stomach environment. In order these effects are: antibiotics > bismuth > PPI > H2-Blockers > antacid. So tests which measure actual bacteria in the stomach (biopsy, culture, breath...

Final Reply Neutropenia is somewhat idiosyncratic which means people who have a reaction to the rifabutin would likely develop it. As I review your past treatments my comments are: 1. Repeated treatments with clarithromycin or metronidazole are not very useful. 2. Since the acid blocker is inexpensi...

The techniques for proving H.pylori in an environmental sample are not accurate enough to make it a useful test. I suggest that you should just focus on the cancer issue and then, in 12 months when everything is settled one way or another, have the family members undergo breath test and serology for...

I second that! The acid blockers help the antibiotics work. Otherwise, acid interferes with the antibiotic activity in some way. As an example, look at clarithromycin. Why don't we use erythromycin which is far cheaper? Answer; because clarithromycin is stable in acid and active in the stomach. Also...

If you have a lot of pain, discuss it with your doctor in case it is serious. However, ulcers can cause severe pain and might take a couple of weeks to heal (up to 8 weeks sometimes). The Prevpac will heal the ulcer as it kills the Hp so you don't need to be tested for the ulcer in the first instanc...

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