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Relatively few randomized controlled clinical trials have been published on the efficacy of PPI for treating gastric ulcers when compared with gastro esophageal reflux disease or with duodenal ulcers [ 29 30 ] . This could be due to gastric ulcers being less frequently diagnosed than duodenal ulcer [ 31 ] , or the importance of clinicians confirming a differential diagnosis between gastric ulcer and gastric cancer.
Some authors have also argued that the classification of gastric and duodenal ulcers is artificial, since ulcers could be driven distally or drawn proximally across the arbitrary boundary of the pylorus [ 32 ] . Furthermore, some clinical assessments may be complicated as 10-20% of patients with gastric ulcers also have duodenal ulcers.
Hyperacidity, with or without gastroesophageal reflux and/or gastric or duodenal erosions, may produce nausea, heartburn, acidity, or bitter taste that may be associated with vomiting.
This is consistent with the results obtained for treatment with PPIs when compared to ranitidine for both duodenal ulcers and gastro esophageal reflux disease [ 2 28 ] . We also found that, there is some evidence of an advantage to prescribing two of the newer PPIs (lansoprazole or pantoprazole) compared to omeprazole for gastric ulcer, since there was a 15% increase in healing rates at 4 weeks.
A 32-year-old man was receiving treatment for a duodenal ulcer in the gastroenterology department.