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  • Title: Prevention of duodenal ulcer relapse with ranitidine.
    Author: Mekel RC, den Boer DJ.
    Journal: S Afr Med J; 1985 Sep 14; 68(6):385-6. PubMed ID: 3898417.
    Abstract:
    Forty-three patients with a recently healed duodenal ulcer were entered into a 1-year double-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of ranitidine (Zantac; Glaxo). There were no drop-outs. After 1 year 18 of the 22 patients receiving 150 mg ranitidine at night (82%) and 3 of the 21 receiving placebo (14%) were ulcer- and symptom-free. No drug-related side-effects were noticed. A maintenance dose of ranitidine seems to be a safe and effective means of preventing duodenal ulcer recurrence.
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