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Nizatidine is a histamine H 2 receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production, and is commonly used in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease. [ 2 ] It was patented in 1980 and approved for medical use in 1988.
Ranitidine, previously sold under the brand name Zantac [a] among others, is a medication used to decrease stomach acid production. [12] It was commonly used in treatment of peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and Zollinger–Ellison syndrome. [12] It can be given by mouth, injection into a muscle, or injection into a vein.
The H 2 receptor antagonists are a class of drugs used to block the action of histamine on parietal cells in the stomach, decreasing the production of acid by these cells. H 2 antagonists are used in the treatment of dyspepsia, although they have been surpassed in popularity by the more effective [1] proton pump inhibitors.
Former Zantac makers GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim are facing about 4,000 claims in California state court and about 2,000 in various other state courts around the country.
Sanofi acquired Zantac in 2017. Before that, other companies owned the drug. Peter Pitts, the former associate commissioner of the FDA, says these types of lawsuits are concerning for the industry.
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands ...
Cimetidine was the prototypical histamine H 2 receptor antagonist from which later drugs were developed. Cimetidine was the culmination of a project at Smith, Kline & French (SK&F; now GlaxoSmithKline) by James W. Black, C. Robin Ganellin, and others to develop a histamine receptor antagonist that would suppress stomach acid secretion.
Ranitidine, a heartburn medicine sold under the brand name Zantac among others, was pulled from shelves in 2019, [1] following disclosure [2] of potential carcinogenic effects, [3] [4] which its manufacturers were accused of "engaging in a decades-long scheme to conceal." [5]