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Advances in drug therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease

  

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, the  Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Hebei Key Laboratory of
    Gastroenterology; Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Shijiazhuang 050000,China
  • Online:2017-01-05 Published:2017-01-12
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Zhang Xiaolan, Email: xiaolanzh@126.com

Abstract: The incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) increases year by year. The treatment includes drug therapy, endoscopy therapy and surgery. Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) has been regarded as the firstline therapy. However, partial patients showed poor efficacy to PPI in recent years. Longterm application of PPI is related with Clostridium difficile   infection. Morever, the combination with antiplatelet drugs may resultin cardiovascular events. This article reviews the advance of drug therapy of GERD, expecting to provide evidence for clinical practice.

Key words: gastroesophageal reflux, drug therapy, proton pump inhibitor; , antacids, prokinetic agents