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Assignment:
Medicines have existed in human society probably as long as sickness itself. However, with the advent of the modern pharmaceutical industry, biochemical approaches to preventing and treating disease have acquired a new level of prominence in the evolving relationship between microbes and their human hosts.
1. Dear authors, why are gastric ulcers more common along the lesser curve, near the pylorus of the stomach?
2. What is the best time of day to administer omeprazole, and why?
3. Is it safe to use the drugs omeprazole and ranitidine during pregnancy?
4. Are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs harmful to the stomach when taken parenterally, for example by intravenous or intramuscular routes?
5. Is it safe to give a patient with a past history of bleeding peptic ulcer aspirin in an antiplatelet dose of 75-325 mg?
6. Is sulpiride effective in the treatment of a peptic ulcer or gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD)?
7. Is clopidogrel gentle on the stomach?
8. Is there a drug interaction between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)?
9. Do the antacids enhance mucosal resistance in the gastric mucosa? If so, please indicate the mechanism.
10. Is there a drug interaction between antacids and H2-receptor blockers?