The histamine-2 receptor antagonists revolutionized ... with mucosal damage due to pepsin and gastric acid secretion. Most ulcers occur in the stomach and proximal duodenum while less commonly ...

Many experts maintain that GERD is caused by dysfunction of the gastroesophageal barrier and that gastric acid secretion is not the primary underlying defect. 2 A few studies have, however, raised ...

The first acid-suppression agents developed in the 1970s were histamine receptor ... to the regulation of gastric acid. The hormone gastrin is a major regulator of acid secretion and may control ...

The preoperative free gastric acid with histamine stimulation was 76 ... Free acid was noted before operation in the gastric secretion of 5 patients, thereby decreasing the likelihood that ...

Famotidine is a competitive inhibitor of histamine-2 (H2) receptors. The primary clinically important pharmacologic activity of famotidine is inhibition of gastric secretion. Both the acid ...

Famotidine is a competitive inhibitor of histamine H 2-receptors. The primary clinically important pharmacologic activity of famotidine is inhibition of gastric secretion. Both the acid ...