Vitamin C and E Supplements to Lansoprazole‐Amoxicillin‐Metronidazole Triple Therapy May Reduce the Eradication Rate of Metronidazole<i>‐</i>Susceptible <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection

Abstract

Adding vitamin C and E to triple therapy cannot improve the H. pylori eradication rate and gastric inflammation. For patients with metronidazole susceptible strain infection, adding these vitamins may even reduce the eradication rate of triple therapy.