Journal of the Malta College of Pharmacy Practice 15 Introduction Following the discovery of the association of peptic ulcer disease with Helicobacter pylori infection there has been a decline in the prevalence of uncomplicated peptic ulcer disease. In contrast, a striking rise in admissions for ulcer haemorrhage and perforation among elderly people is now being observed. This rise has been att...

A rare case of ergotamine-induced solitary rectal ulcer is described in a 41 year old woman who used high doses of ergotamine tartrate-containing suppositories for severe migraine headaches. Complete recovery of the ulcer was noticed after cessation of treatment with the suppositories. The relevant literature is discussed.

Ulcer is a common problem associated with NSAID’s use. The use of plants to treat and cure diseases is common practice since ancient times because of people blind faith on safety of plant’s use. The present study aimed to evaluate anti-ulcer activity of Dalbergia sissoo in alcohol and aspirin induced ulcerative rat models. Animals were divided into four groups. Group I was disease control, grou...

In order to establish a reliable method for the production of gastric antral ulcer in rats, combined treatments with three factors: a vagal stimulant, a mucosal barrier breaker and a necrotizing agent were investigated. By the combined administration of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG; 200 mg/kg, i.v.), aspirin (100-400 mg/kg, p.o.) and hydrochloric acid (0.15 and 0.35 N, 0.5-1.5 ml/100 g, p.o.) or amm...

In this study, the antiulcerogenic effect of essential oil from Baccharis dracunculifolia was evaluated using the model of acute gastric lesions induced by ethanol. The ulcerative lesion index (ULI) was significantly reduced by oral administration of the essential oil of B. dracunculifolia at doses of 50, 250 and 500 mg/kg which reduced the lesions by 42.79, 45.70 and 61.61%, respectively. The ...

The standardized methanolic extract of leaves of O. sanctum (OSE; eugenol content 5%) given in doses of 50-200 mg/kg, orally, twice daily for five days showed dose-dependent ulcer protective effect against cold restraint stress induced gastric ulcers. Optimal effective dose (100 mg/kg) of OSE showed significant ulcer protection against ethanol and pyloric ligation-induced gastric ulcers, but wa...

Introduction: Mental stress is one of the most important causes of the gastric ulcer. On the other hand, flavonoids such as quercetin show protective effects. The aim of this study was to investigate possible protective effect of quercetin on water restraint stress-induced ulcer in rats. Methods: Adult male Wistar rats were divided into seven groups each containing eight animals. The first g...

The present study was designed to compare ulcer protective effect of proton pump inhibitors viz. omeprazole, rabeprazole and lansoprazole against dexamethasone plus pylorus ligation induced ulcer model. Dexamethasone (5 mg/kg) was used as an ulcerogen. Dexamethasone suspended in 1% CMC in water was given orally to all the rats 15 min after the pylorus ligation. Omeprazole (20 mg/kg), rabeprazol...

In 10 healthy subjects and 25 duodenal ulcer patients, gastric acid and pepsin and serum gastrin responses to cephalic-vagal stimulation induced by modified sham-feeding (MSF) were studied before and after vagotomy and atropinisation and compared with those to maximal stimulation with pentagastrin. When the MSF-induced peak acid output was normalised as a percentage of peak response to pentagas...