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H. Pylori Eradication

I have the following problem. I am looking for a Doctor hat experienced the same problem and was successful.
I had to do a Colonoscopy five years ago and was discovered that I have the H. Pylori disease. My Gastroenterologist prescribed the standard medication kit but did not help. Then prescribed another but did not help ether. I took them twice.  A few months I redid the Colonoscopy shows that it was still not eradicated. He represcribed  
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Hm.  Colonoscopy isn't the standard test to check for h. pylori. That's a bit more invasive than what is necessary.  But so be it.  8 out of 10 people do get better with the standard treatment. So, your next option is to ask for second line treatment.  The next go to treatment for those that do not respond to the first line.  

They should give you the antimicrobial susceptibility test.

Here is a good article that discusses how to proceed. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002558/
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