name: | PantoprazoleAmoxicillinClarithromycinAndMetronidazole |
ATC code: | A02BD11 | route: | oral |
n-compartments | 1 |
A fixed-combination regimen used in eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection. It contains pantoprazole (proton pump inhibitor), amoxicillin (penicillin-antibiotic), clarithromycin (macrolide-antibiotic), and metronidazole (nitroimidazole-antibiotic). These are combined to suppress gastric acid and provide broad-spectrum antibacterial action. The combination is used as first-line therapy in several clinical guidelines.
No experimental pharmacokinetic (PK) model for the fixed four-drug combination was identified; parameters herein are estimated based on representative oral PK profiles from literature for each drug in healthy adults.