Efficacy of acotiamide on postprandial distress syndrome and epigastric pain syndrome depending on the estimated gastric acid secretion level.
Toshiaki SuzukiReina OhbaEi KataokaYui KudoAkira ZeniyaDaisuke SegawaKeisuke OikawaMasaru OdashimaTaiji SagaTomoyuki KuramitsuHideaki SasaharaKazuo YoneyamaTakashi TomitaYosuke ShimodairaKatsunori IijimaPublished in: Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility (2021)
Although acotiamide is effective for treating EPS as well as PDS overall, the efficacy is somewhat limited in EPS with gastric acid hyper-secretion, with gastric acid suppressants, such as proton pump inhibitors, being more suitable.