The most common medications taken by the participants were statins, taken by 24% of the participants; diuretics, taken by 17% of the participants; and
antiacids, taken by 16% of the participants.
Oral mucositis due to chemotherapeutic drugs including cytosine arabinoside, deep and prolonged neutropenia attacks, long-term indwelling intravenous catheters, prophylactic treatment with flouroquinolone and cotrimoxasole and use of
antiacids and histamine blockers have been blamed as the causes of this increased frequency (25, 26).
While H [sub]2 receptor antagonist has significantly better preventive effects than gastric mucosa protective agents or
antiacids. There is no significant difference on preventive effects between the gastric protective agents and
antiacids.
In clinical practice,
antiacids, anticholinergics, proton pump inhibitors and histamine [H.sub.2] receptor antagonists have been used to treat the gastric ulcer (Santin et al.
We also noted that 48 patients (6.6%) stated that they had used aluminum-containing
antiacids, 23 (3.2%) had taken heparin, and 11 (1.5%) had taken anticonvulsants.