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Effects of a proton pump inhibitor, omeprazole, on gastric secretion and gastric and duodenal ulcers or erosions in rats

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The effects of omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor, on gastric secretion and gastric or duodenal ulcers or erosions in rats were studied. Omeprazole, given intraduodenally, dose-dependently inhibited the gastric secretion (volume, acid and pepsin output) of pylorus-ligated rats. The antisecretory activity of omeprazole at 100 mg/kg persisted for 14 hr after treatment. Acutely induced gastric ulcers or erosions such as Shay ulcers, water-immersion stress-, indomethacin-, aspirin-, or prednisolone-induced erosions were all markedly inhibited by oral or intraduodenal administration of 10–100 mg/kg of omeprazole. The development of duodenal ulcers and gastric erosions caused by mepirizole was also potently inhibited by omeprazole at 3–10 mg/kg given orally. Repeated administration of omeprazole, 200 mg/kg/day in two divided doses for 14 days, significantly accelerated the spontaneous healing of acetic acid-induced gastric ulcers. The mechanism by which omeprazole inhibits the development of acute ulcers and accelerates healing of preexisting ulcers appears to be mainly due to its potent and longlasting antisecretory activity. The antisecretory and antiulcer activities of omeprazole are equal to or exceed those of cimetidine, both in the maximum inhibitory response and ED50 values.

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    Osamu Yamamoto MA, Yukiko Okada BS &  Susumu Okabe PhD

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Yamamoto, O., Okada, Y. & Okabe, S. Effects of a proton pump inhibitor, omeprazole, on gastric secretion and gastric and duodenal ulcers or erosions in rats. Digest Dis Sci 29, 394–401 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296212

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