A 24-year-old woman develops epigastric pain and has a diagnosis of duodenal ulcer confirmed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The patient is in the third month of a pregnancy. The most appropriate treatment would be:
A. Proximal gastric vagotomy
B. Misoprostol 400 mg B.i.d.
C. Sucralfate 1 gm q.i.d.
D. Cimetidine 400 mg b.i.D.
Answer:C
A 24-year-old woman develops epigastric pain and has a diagnosis of duodenal ulcer confirmed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The patient is in the third month of a pregnancy. The most appropriate treatment would be:
A. Proximal gastric vagotomy B. Misoprostol 400 mg B.i.d. C. Sucralfate 1 gm q.i.d. D. Cimetidine 400 mg b.i.D.