Method for treatment of gastro intestinal disorders

A method of treating a patient with gastric ulcer associated with Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection, said method comprising administering to said patient acid suppressant in an amount effective to obtain symptomatic relief and ulcer epithelialization before or during administering to said patient of Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection eradication amounts of pharmaceutically acceptable bismuth compound, first antibiotic selected from the group consisting of tetracycline and penicillins, and second antibiotic which is metronidazole.

A method of preventing recurrence of duodenal ulcer associated with Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection in a patient suffering from duodenal ulcer disease associated with Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection, said method comprising administering to said patient Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection eradicating amounts of a pharmaceutically acceptable bismuth compound, a first antibiotic selected from the group consisting of tetracycline and penicillins and a second antibiotic which is metronidazole and further comprising a step of administering to said patient an effective amount of a gastric acid suppressant for a predetermined length of time.

A method of treating a patient with duodenal ulcer associated with Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) said method comprising administering to said patient a gastric acid suppressant in an amount and for a time effective to obtain symptomatic relief and ulcer epithelialization before or during administering to said patient of Campylobacter pylori (Helicobacter pylori) infection eradicating amounts of a pharmaceutically acceptable bismuth compound, a first antibiotic selected from the group consisting of tetracycline and penicillins and a second antibiotic which is metronidazole, thereby to cause healing of said duodenal ulcer as well as to prevent recurrence thereof.