Prevention of Relapse of Reflux Oesophagitis after Endoscopic Healing: The Efficacy and Safety of Omeprazole Compared with Ranitidine

Abstract

The prognosis for the acute healing of patients with persistent, erosive or ulcerative reflux oesophagitis depends upon the choice of drug treatment as well as the severity of the initial oesophagitis. The results of this study show that omeprazole, 40 mg once daily (n = 51), is more effective than ranitidine, 300 mg b.i.d. (n = 47), in the acute healing of reflux oesophagitis (90 and 47% healing, respectively; p