background: icu patients especially those under mechanical ventilation or with a history of coagulation disorders are at the risk of stress ulcer development and related gi bleeding. typically h2 blockers administration showed prophylactic role to control gastric acidity. preliminary studies have shown that administration of intravenous omeperazol is effective. the object of this study was to c...

background: upper gastrointestinal (gi) bleeding remains a problem in critically ill-newborns. the use of h 2 blockers, by maintaining gastric ph ³ 4, reduces the risk of stress-ulceration and gastric hemorrhage. this study therefore, has evaluated the effects of short-term prophylactic‎ ranitidine in controlling gastric ph and prevention of gi bleeding in neonates.   methods: this randomized c...

Gastric acid secretion, pepsin secretion, and fasting serum gastrin levels were measured in 23 patients with duodenal ulcer disease, divided into three groups which received either cimetidine 800 mg daily, cimetidine 1600 mg daily, or ranitidine hydrochloride 300 mg daily for eight weeks. Pentagastrin tests were carried out at intervals both before and after treatment. Each dose of cimetidine r...

In the rat, treatment with gastric inhibitory drugs may result in hypergastrinemia, an effect thought to be in response to increased gastric pH caused by inhibition of acid secretion. This study compared 24-hr profiles of plasma gastrin levels associated with three different compounds at equivalent, highly effective antisecretory doses. Ranitidine, famotidine and omeprazole at 60, 20 and 40 mg/...

In conscious rats implanted with an intracerebroventricular (icv) cannula, effect of icv injections of histamine, chlorpheniramine (H(1)-receptor antagonist) and ranitidine (H(2)-receptor blocker) was investigated in a rat model of acute trigeminal pain. Acute trigeminal pain was induced by putting a drop of 5 M NaCl solution on the corneal surface of the eye and the numbers of eye wipes were c...

Previous uncontrolled reports have suggested that H2-antagonists may possess immunomodulatory activity in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Such trials reported improvements in HIV-related symptoms, increased absolute CD4 cell numbers, and improvements in other measures of host immunity. The present trial was a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of ranitidine...

In conscious rats implanted with an intracerebroventricular (icv) cannula, effect of icv injections of histamine, chlorpheniramine (H -receptor antagonist) and ranitidine (H -receptor blocker) was investigated in a rat model of acute trigeminal pain. Acute trigeminal pain was induced by putting a drop of 5 M NaCl solution on the corneal surface of the eye and the numbers of eye wipes were count...