PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Cimetidine AID - 10.1136/dtb.17.8.29 DP - 1979 Apr 13 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 29--32 VI - 17 IP - 8 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/8/29.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/8/29.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1979 Apr 13; 17 AB - Cimetidine (Tagamet - SKF) is the first histamine-H2 receptor antagonist in general use. It reduces gastric acid secretion and is marketed for the treatment of duodenal ulcer, benign gastric ulcer, recurrent and stomal ulceration, reflux oesophagitis and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.