Treatment / Protect surface
Protect surface
two drugs essentially act as "band-aids" to protect the ulcer surface from gastric acid, and give the ulcer time to heal: SUCRALFATE
and BISMUTH
- these drugs work via different mechanisms
- in the case of NSAID-induced ulcers, replacing prostaglandins can significantly decrease ulcer incidence
- MISOPROSTOL is a synthetic PG that is approved for this purpose