Patients with GERD are usually treated with once-daily PPIs; however, studies have shown that 25–42% of patients treated with a standard-dose PPI continue to experience symptoms of GERD ...
In some patients with GERD, PPI monotherapy is insufficient and combination therapy with prokinetics and PPIs is required to achieve symptom relief; however, early identification of patients who ...
[106] Compared to peptic ulcer disease, GERD is much more demanding in terms of acid suppression for adequate symptom control and healing of esophagitis. PPI remain the gold standard therapy for ...
The study compared the symptoms of 85 GERD patients who were prescribed proton pump inhibitors, which are medications designed to reduce stomach acid, and 99 patients who altered their diet to eat ...