Table 4: Comparative Healing of Erosive GERD in 7 days and 28 days.
Intervention |
7 day Antacids |
7 day Ranitidine |
7 day Omeprazole |
7 day PPSBT |
28 day PPSBT |
28 day Placebo |
Partial Healing |
10% (n = 1/10) |
11% (n = 1/9) |
10% (n = 1/10) |
20% (n = 2/10) |
**11.1% (n = 1/9) |
**81.2% (n = 6/8) |
Complete Healing |
0% (n = 0/10) |
0% (n = 0/9) |
30% (n = 3/10) |
80% (n = 8/10) |
88.9% (n = 8/9) |
18.8% (n = 2/8) |
**Means no healing observed; Omperazole 20 mg bid; Ranitidine 150 mg bid; Antacids 30 ml qid (400 mg AlOH2/400 mg MgOH2/10 ml); PPSBT 1.5 gram bid |