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Name
Metronidazole
Alternate Names
Component of Flagyl I.V. RTU
Falgyl
Femazole
Helidac Therapy: Part II
Lagyl
Metizol
Metro I.V.
MetroCream
MetroGel
Metrolotion
Metronid
Metryl
Neo-Metric
Neo-Nidazol
Nidagel
Norritate
Protostat
Satric
Trikacide
Abbreviations
None
Category
Subcategory
None
NSC Number
50364
050364
Primary Site
AIDS
Opportunistic infection
Histology
MALT Lymphoma
Remarks
Treatment of the H. pylori infection leads to regression of the lymphoma in about 8 out of every 10 people with gastric MALT lymphoma who showed evidence of an H. pylori infection. The treatment is most successful when the tumor has not extended very far through the stomach wall and has not spread to the lymph nodes
An initial course of antibiotic treatment for H. pylori eradication is clarithromycin together with either amoxicillin or metronidazole. These antibiotics are usually given with a drug that cuts down the amount of acid the stomach produces (a proton pump inhibitor or 'PPI' drug such as omeprazole). This combination of three drugs is often called ‘triple therapy’ and is taken for 10–14 days.
Coding Instructions: Code this drug as Other Therapy ONLY when given for MALT lymphoma
An initial course of antibiotic treatment for H. pylori eradication is clarithromycin together with either amoxicillin or metronidazole. These antibiotics are usually given with a drug that cuts down the amount of acid the stomach produces (a proton pump inhibitor or 'PPI' drug such as omeprazole). This combination of three drugs is often called ‘triple therapy’ and is taken for 10–14 days.
Coding Instructions: Code this drug as Other Therapy ONLY when given for MALT lymphoma
Coding
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