This is an outpatient, double-blind study of patients who heal their gastric or duodenal ulcers after a severe hemorrhage and have documented helicobacter pylori infection of the gastric antrum. This is a maintenance study to compare a one time course of antimicrobial therapy (Tetracycline, Metronidazole and Bismuth Subcitrate) for H. Pylori eradication to treatment with a daily histamine 2 receptor antagonist(ranitidine 150 mg BID).
NIH ExPorter
NIH ExPorter