15th March 2024

A 55-year-old man presents with a 3-day history of severe post-prandial abdominal pain

A 55-year-old man presents with a 3-day history of severe post-prandial abdominal pain, which has increased in intensity over the past 6 hours. He has a past medical history of peptic ulcers and has recently been started on medication for a depressive episode. He takes PRN Ibuprofen for chronic low back pain and Sertraline 50mg OD. An upper GI endoscopy is performed which shows a bleeding gastric ulcer and endoscopic treatment is administered.

Prescribe one drug that should be administered after endoscopic treatment in this patient.