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Cimetidine

Other Brand Names: Tagamet

Revised:4/1/2000

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  • Overview
  • Side Effects and Interactions
  • Taking the Medicine
  • Special Precautions
  •   Overview

    Tagamet was the first of a new class of ulcer drugs, called "H2 antagonists."

    It works by suppressing the secretion of stomach acid, so it is also used to treat conditions of abnormal acidity such as serious heartburn as well as helping ulcers clear up rapidly.

    Doctors sometimes prescribe Tagamet as maintenance therapy to keep ulcers from coming back.

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