A single night-time dose of famotidine is equivalent to ranitidine in decreasing 24-hour gastric acidity in asymptomatic duodenal ulcer subjects

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
A B ThomsonA Prat

Abstract

Six asymptomatic, non-smoking men with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer disease received single nocturnal doses of placebo, 40 mg famotidine and 300 mg ranitidine each for 1 week prior to serial measurement of pH, peptic activity and serum gastrin concentrations over 24 h and of acid output. The intragastric pH fluctuated between 1.53 and 5.07 when subjects were given placebo but within 2 h of taking famotidine or ranitidine it rose to 5.57 or higher; the effect lasted for 12 h from midnight. Peptic activity fell during famotidine and ranitidine treatment and the decline was somewhat greater 8-15 h after using famotidine. Serum gastrin levels did not change materially with any treatment. The study shows the equivalent effect of standard bed-time doses of famotidine and ranitidine on intragastric pH, acid output and serum gastrin concentrations in asymptomatic men with duodenal ulcer disease.

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