new ranitidine/bismuth combo tablet
October 1997
Glaxo is now marketing a new ranitidine/bismuth combo tablet. They call it Pylorid in Canada...and Tritec in the U.S.
It will be used with clarithromycin (Biaxin)...to help eradicate H. pylori in ulcer patients.
Each tablet contains 150 mg ranitidine (Zantac)...plus 240 mg of bismuth citrate.
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