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