If your ulcer is caused by H. pylori bacteria, antibiotics can cure the ulcer. Usually, the doctor will prescribe triple or quadruple therapy, which combines several antibiotics with heartburn drugs. Triple therapy combines two antibiotics, such as amoxicillin and clarithromycin, with a proton pump inhibito
A stomach ulcer is also known as a gastric ulcer or stomach ulcer; ulcers in the duodenum, sometimes known as duodenal ulcers, affect both the stomach and the upper portion of the small intestine, known as the duodenum (pronounced doo-uh-DEE-num).