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What is Cimetidine?

Cimetidine, a histamine-2 receptor antagonist is used to treat and prevent duodenal and gastric ulcers; gastroesophageal reflux (GER); to treat H. pylori in combination with other drugs. The over the counter product is used to prevent or relieve heartburn, acid indigestion, or sour stomach.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Gastritis 6 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 3 1 Efficacy_major
Erosive Esophagitis 2 0
Acid reflux 2 1 Efficacy_slight
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 1 0
Support immune health 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cimetidine

Pain in breast 1

Reported Dosages

  200mg as needed 2 200mg as needed 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 2 x 200 mg/20 mL daily 400 mg daily 800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cimetidine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 44%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 33%
Expense 2   Expense: 22%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 11%
Other 1   Other: 11%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 11%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Cimetidine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Cimetidine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cimetidine

Always
 4 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cimetidine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cimetidine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.