The nurse is providing care to a patient who is prescribed sequential therapy for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease.Which drugs should the nurse educate this patient about based on this data?

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Sequential therapy for peptic ulcer disease typically involves a proton pump inhibitor (to reduce gastric acid secretion) and two antibiotics to eradicate Helicobacter pylori. Amoxicillin and clarithromycin are commonly used in sequential therapy. Levofloxacin and metronidazole are alternative antibiotics that may be used in place of or in addition to amoxicillin or clarithromycin, but they are not typically used together in sequential therapy. Bismuth subsalicylate and tetracycline are part of a different treatment regimen (quadruple therapy) and are not used in sequential therapy.

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