DRUGS FOR PEPTIC ULCERS

Assessment of some Herbal Drugs for Prophylaxis of Peptic Ulcer

Aqueous (hydrophilic) and chloroform (Lipophilic) extracts of nine medicinal plants currently used in traditional medicine, in Egypt, to treat some gastrointestinal tract (GIT) disorders were tested for their gastro-protective effect against the incidence of peptic ulcer. Indomethacin-induced ulcer in a rat model was used for this testing. Mentha microphylla, Brassica oleracea Capitata (Cabbage...

Assessment of some Herbal Drugs for Prophylaxis of Peptic Ulcer

Aqueous (hydrophilic) and chloroform (Lipophilic) extracts of nine medicinal plants currently used in traditional medicine, in Egypt, to treat some gastrointestinal tract (GIT) disorders were tested for their gastro-protective effect against the incidence of peptic ulcer. Indomethacin-induced ulcer in a rat model was used for this testing. Mentha microphylla, Brassica oleracea Capitata (Cabbage...

Peptic ulcers. Stopping them for good.

Surgery in bleeding peptic ulcers.

This paper records a study of 400 patients admitted for haematemesis and melaena. Emergency surgery was undertaken on selected patients but the overall mortality increased when more frequent emergency operations were performed in the latter half of the series.

Surgery in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers*

The proper management of haematemesis and melaena is a constantly recurring problem. Our material consists of 473 patients admitted for haematemesis and melaena between January, 1953, and July, 1958. Four hundred of these (87%) were for proved or suspected peptic ulceration, and the main object of this paper is to discuss the place of surgery in this group. The overall mortality of the ulcer gr...