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New H2-receptor antagonist--roxatidine acetate--in treatment of duodenal ulcer. 1993

D N Amarapurkar, and S S Parikh, and H G Desai

BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Bombay.

A double blind randomised trial, comparing a new H2-receptor antagonist, Roxatidine acetate, with Cimetidine was carried out in 47 patients of uncomplicated, endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer. Twenty seven patients were treated with Roxatidine 75 mg twice daily and 20 patients were treated with Cimetidine 200 mg 3 times a day and 400 mg at bed time for 4 weeks. At the end of 4 weeks, total pain relief was obtained in 74% and 70% patients receiving Roxatidine and Cimetidine respectively. Complete endoscopic healing at the end of 4 weeks was observed in 92.3% patients receiving Roxatidine and 85% patients receiving Cimetidine. These differences were statistically not significant. No significant side effects were observed in either group. We conclude that Roxatidine acetate is comparable to cimetidine in relieving pain and endoscopic healing of duodenal ulcer and has an excellent safety profile.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010880	Piperidines	A family of hexahydropyridines.
D002927	Cimetidine	A histamine congener, it competitively inhibits HISTAMINE binding to HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTORS. Cimetidine has a range of pharmacological actions. It inhibits GASTRIC ACID secretion, as well as PEPSIN and GASTRIN output.	Altramet,Biomet,Biomet400,Cimetidine HCl,Cimetidine Hydrochloride,Eureceptor,Histodil,N-Cyano-N'-methyl-N''-(2-(((5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)thio)ethyl)guanidine,SK&F-92334,SKF-92334,Tagamet,HCl, Cimetidine,Hydrochloride, Cimetidine,SK&F 92334,SK&F92334,SKF 92334,SKF92334
D004311	Double-Blind Method	A method of studying a drug or procedure in which both the subjects and investigators are kept unaware of who is actually getting which specific treatment.	Double-Masked Study,Double-Blind Study,Double-Masked Method,Double Blind Method,Double Blind Study,Double Masked Method,Double Masked Study,Double-Blind Methods,Double-Blind Studies,Double-Masked Methods,Double-Masked Studies,Method, Double-Blind,Method, Double-Masked,Methods, Double-Blind,Methods, Double-Masked,Studies, Double-Blind,Studies, Double-Masked,Study, Double-Blind,Study, Double-Masked
D004381	Duodenal Ulcer	A PEPTIC ULCER located in the DUODENUM.	Curling's Ulcer,Curling Ulcer,Curlings Ulcer,Duodenal Ulcers,Ulcer, Curling,Ulcer, Duodenal,Ulcers, Duodenal
D005260	Female		Females
D006635	Histamine H2 Antagonists	Drugs that selectively bind to but do not activate histamine H2 receptors, thereby blocking the actions of histamine. Their clinically most important action is the inhibition of acid secretion in the treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers. Smooth muscle may also be affected. Some drugs in this class have strong effects in the central nervous system, but these actions are not well understood.	Antihistaminics, H2,H2 Receptor Blockader,Histamine H2 Antagonist,Histamine H2 Blocker,Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonist,Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonists,Histamine H2 Receptor Blockader,Histamine H2 Receptor Blockaders,Antagonists, Histamine H2,Blockaders, Histamine H2 Receptor,H2 Receptor Blockaders,Histamine H2 Blockers,Receptor Antagonists, Histamine H2,Receptor Blockaders, H2,Antagonist, Histamine H2,Blockader, H2 Receptor,Blockaders, H2 Receptor,Blocker, Histamine H2,Blockers, Histamine H2,H2 Antagonist, Histamine,H2 Antagonists, Histamine,H2 Antihistaminics,H2 Blocker, Histamine,H2 Blockers, Histamine,Receptor Blockader, H2
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man