Session 43

 

Monday, September 4
4:15 – 6:15 pm

Room 4

 

 

GI Clinical Pharmacology

Chair: Carmelo Scarpignato (Italy)

Discussant:  Decio Chinzon (Brazil)

 

Introductory lecture: PPIs 25 years after: use and misuse. Carmelo Scarpignato (Italy)

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• Potassium-competitive acid blockers: the next generation of acid suppressants.
  Richard H. Hunt (Canada)
• Can esophageal mucosal defense be strengthened? Jerzy Sarosiek (USA)
• Drug affecting esophageal sensitivity. C. Prakash Gyawali (USA)
• Gastrointestinal prokinetics: what is left? Richard W. McCallum (USA)
• Is there a future for reflux inhibitors? André J. Smout (Netherlands)
• BoTox for esophageal motility disorders. Joel E. Richter (USA)
• Therapy with smooth muscle relaxants: how and when. Donald O. Castell (USA)