Sofalcone, a mucoprotective agent, increases the cure rate of Helicobacter pylori infection when combined with rabeprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin

Table 3 Adverse events in the three treatment groups (n, %).

	Group A1	Group B1	Group C1
Diarrhea or soft stool	8 (14.5)	7 (13.0)	9 (16.1)
Heart burn	1 (1.8)	4 (7.4)	1 (1.8)
Nausea	1 (1.8)	1 (1.9)	0 (0.0)
Skin rash	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)
Total	10 (18.2)	12 (22.2)	11 (19.6)

¹See Table 1 for the definition of each group. Patients received the medications for 7 d in each group.