CIMETIDINE, CIGARETTE-SMOKING, AND RECURRENCE OF DUODENAL-ULCER
CIMETIDINE, CIGARETTE-SMOKING, AND RECURRENCE OF DUODENAL-ULCER
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198409133111101
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
OPEKUN, A
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作者:
SONTAG, S;GRAHAM, DY;OPEKUN, A
Patients (370) with recently healed duodenal ulcer entered into a 1 yr, doubleblind, randomized multicenter trial comparing placebo with 3 different dose schedules of cimetidine (200 mg twice a day, 300 mg twice a day and 400 mg at bedtime) for the prevention of recurrent duodenal ulcer. By the end of 1 yr, the cumulative symptomatic recurrence rate as demonstrated by endoscopy was similar for the patients receiving the 3 dosages of cimetidine (19%, 15 and 13%, respectively; not significant), whereas the placebo-treated group had a 34.7% symptomatic recurrence rate (P < 0.01 as compared with each cimetidine group). Cigarette smoking was an important variable; among the placebo recipients ulcer recurrence was significantly more likely in smokers (72%) than in nonsmokers (21%, P < 0.001). The frequency of ulcer recurrence in smokers was significantly reduced by treatment with cimetidine (from 72 to 34%, P < 0.01). Smokers who received cimetidine were at least as likely to have a recurrence as were nonsmokers who received placebo (34 vs. 21%, not significant). Smoking appears to be a major factor in recurrence of duodenal ulcer, and in smokers, giving up smoking may be more important in the prevention of ulcer recurrences than administration of cimetidine.