New triple therapy regimen containing Prevacid (lansoprazole)
August 1997
TAP will promote a new triple therapy regimen containing Prevacid (lansoprazole)...for duodenal ulcers caused by H. pylori.
Physicians already prescribe dual therapy with Prevacid and clarithromycin (Biaxin).
The new triple therapy regimen consists of Prevacid 30 mg... clarithromycin 500 mg...plus amoxicillin 1 g. Patients take all three drugs BID for 2 weeks.
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