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Famotidine Action Pathway
Homo sapiens
Drug Action Pathway
Famotidine (also known as Pepcid) can bind and inhibit histamine H2 receptor on parietal cell's basolateral membrane. Binding of famotidine can effectively inhibit the histamine effects, which lead to reduced nocturnal gastric acid and basal secretion; it can also decrease gastric volume, gastric acid and acidity.
References
Famotidine Pathway References
Bertaccini G, Coruzzi G: Control of gastric acid secretion by histamine H2 receptor antagonists and anticholinergics. Pharmacol Res. 1989 Jul-Aug;21(4):339-52.
Pubmed: 2570417
Pounder RE: Histamine H2-receptor antagonists and gastric acid secretion. Pharmacol Ther. 1984;26(2):221-34.
Pubmed: 6152495
Shamburek RD, Schubert ML: Pharmacology of gastric acid inhibition. Baillieres Clin Gastroenterol. 1993 Mar;7(1):23-54.
Pubmed: 8097411
Gastric Acid Production References
Wolfe MM, Soll AH: The physiology of gastric acid secretion. N Engl J Med. 1988 Dec 29;319(26):1707-15. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198812293192605.
Pubmed: 3060722
Schubert ML: Gastric acid secretion. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2016 Nov;32(6):452-460. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000308.
Pubmed: 27607343
Schubert ML: Functional anatomy and physiology of gastric secretion. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2015 Nov;31(6):479-85. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000213.
Pubmed: 26376477
Heitzmann D, Warth R: No potassium, no acid: K+ channels and gastric acid secretion. Physiology (Bethesda). 2007 Oct;22:335-41. doi: 10.1152/physiol.00016.2007.
Pubmed: 17928547
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