triple therapy
Three-drug medical regimen
Triple therapy is a treatment regimen combining three medications, most commonly referring to the standard treatment for *Helicobacter pylori* infection—typically two antibiotics plus a proton pump inhibitor.
The term also applies to HIV treatment using three antiretroviral drugs, and to certain heart failure protocols.
The doctor prescribed triple therapy to eradicate the stomach bacteria.
- antibioticBacteria-killing medication
- ulcerErosive tissue wound
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- protonPositive nuclear particle
- inhibitorAgent that slows reactions
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- drug combosdrug cocktail, polypharmacy
- Heartburn Remediesantacid, antacids, Tums, Rolaids, Mylanta
- Antiplateletsaspirin
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