Cimetidine bụ ọgwụ na-egbochi mmepụta nke acid site na mkpụrụ ndụ na-emepụta acid n'ime afọ ma nwee ike inye ya ọnụ, IM ma ọ bụ IV.

A na-eji Cimetidine eme ihe:

• inyeakanrekasi obijikọtara yaacid mgbarina afo utoojoo
• gbochie nrekasi obi na-ebute site na iri ma ọ bụ ịṅụ ihe oriri ụfọdụ naihe ọṅụṅụ

Ọ bụ nke klas nkeọgwụ ọjọọakpọ H2 (histamine-2) blockers nke na-agụnyekwaranitidine(Zantac),nizatidine(Axid), nafamotidine(Pepcid). Histamine bụ kemịkalụ na-eme n'okike nke na-akpali mkpụrụ ndụ dị n'ime afọ (sel parietal) imepụta acid. H2-blockers na-egbochi ọrụ nke histamine na sel, si otú a na-ebelata mmepụta nke acid site na afọ.

Ebe ọ bụ na oke acid nke afọ nwere ike imebi yaesophagus, afọ, na duodenum site na reflux ma na-eduga na mbufụt na ọnya, ibelata acid afo na-egbochi ma na-enye ohere ka ọnya na ọnya na-ebute acid na-agwọ. Cimetidine kwadoro FDA na 1977.