Is medication effective for malignant gastric ulcers?

Whether the medication is effective for patients with malignant gastric ulcer depends on the specific situation. If the disease is in its early stage and there are no complications, standard drug therapy can usually control the progression of the disease. However, if severe complications have already occurred, treatment may not rely solely on medication.

1. Early Stage of Disease: For patients with malignant gastric ulcer detected and diagnosed in the early stage, without complications such as perforation or bleeding, oral administration of proton pump inhibitors such as Omeprazole Enteric-Soluble Capsules or H2 receptor antagonists such as Famotidine Tablets can inhibit gastric acid secretion and protect the stomach. Additionally, using colloidal bismuth pectin capsules to protect the gastric mucosa and combining antibiotics such as Amoxicillin Capsules and Clarithromycin Sustained-Release Tablets to prevent infection can generally alleviate symptoms.

2. No Complications: If malignant gastric ulcer leads to massive gastrointestinal bleeding or pyloric obstruction, the patient should be kept nil by mouth and administered with potassium chloride injection intravenously under the guidance of doctors to supplement blood volume. In severe cases, surgical resection of the lesion may be necessary for radical treatment.

When malignant gastric ulcer progresses to the late stage, with distant metastasis or infiltration of surrounding tissues and organs, even aggressive use of the aforementioned drugs is difficult to achieve curative effects, and can only serve to improve clinical symptoms. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with malignant gastric ulcer seek targeted treatment under the guidance of doctors once a diagnosis is made, in order to avoid delaying the condition. In daily life, it is also important to maintain a light diet and avoid spicy and stimulating foods to prevent aggravating existing discomfort.