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Is it possible to successfully treat a H. pylori infection with antibiotics alone, or is it necessary to combine it with an acid blocker?

April 26, 2017acid antibiotics infection necessary possible pylori successfully treat

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Is it possible to successfully treat a H. pylori infection with antibiotics alone, or is it necessary to combine it with an acid blocker?

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It is possible to treat an H. pylori infection with antibiotics alone, but high doses of multiple antibiotics are required. For this reason we always combine treatment with an acid blocker (proton pump inhibitor) because this makes the antibiotics work much better.