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Helidac kit (triple therapy)

Indications: Therapy for Helicobacter pylori. Contraindications: pregnancy-category D safety in lactation - Dosage: - tetracycline 500 mg QID - metronidazole 250 QID - bismuth subsalicylate (Peptobismol) 524 mg QID (2 tabs QID) Duration of therapy: 14 days. Pharmacokinetics: elimination: liver > kidney Notes: - see triple whammy for interaction of NSAIDs, diuretics & ACE inhibitors

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Helicobacter pylori triple whammy

General

bismuth subsalicylate/metronidazole/tetracycline

References

  1. Kaiser Pharamacy, Fresno CA 8/99
  2. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996

Components

bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol, BSS, Kaopectate) metronidazole (Flagyl, MetroGel) tetracycline (Achromycin, Sumycin, Bristacycline)