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Dyspepsia is a common clinical problem. About 2% of the population consult their general practitioner each year with dyspeptic symptoms (McCormick 1992), and in the United Kingdom it costs the NHS more than ?1bn a year, with a large proportion of these costs relating to drug prescription (Asante 1999).