CIMETIDINE

Course overview

CIMETIDINE IS A DRUG WITH THE INDICATION OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE, GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE, AND FOR DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING WARTS, URTICARIA, MASTOCYTOSIS, AND ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA. THIS MEDICATION IS AN H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DESCRIBE THE INDICATIONS, ACTIONS, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR CIMETIDINE IN THESE DISORDERS. CIMETIDINE IS AVAILABLE AS AN OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION AND BY PRESCRIPTION. THEREFORE, THIS ACTIVITY WILL FURTHER HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISMS OF ACTION, ADVERSE EFFECT PROFILE, AND OTHER KEY FACTORS PERTINENT TO MEMBERS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING PATIENTS BY USING CIMETIDINE.