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Treatment of Nightly GERD.

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| July 01, 2001 | Kubetin, Sally Koch | COPYRIGHT 2001 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

[Histamine.sub.2] blockers are ineffective when used regularly with a proton pump inhibitor to control nocturnal acid breakthroughs in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, Dr. Joel E. Richter said at a gastroenterology update sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Florida.

A better approach may be to add an [H.sub.2] blocker only as needed, said Dr. Richter, chairman of the department of gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Using [H.sub.2] blockers regularly for nocturnal acid breakthroughs became more commonplace after a small study showed that patients in a laboratory setting, who were being successfully treated with a proton pump inhibitor, had a significant improvement in their nighttime gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms after one night on an [H.sub.2] blocker taken at bedtime. More recent studies, however, show that this ...

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