Sotalol Famotidine

The bioslurry treatment successfully removed several of the PhC to non-detectable levels after 26 days three histamine H2-receptor antagonists (ranitidine, famotidine, cimetidine), two (1-blockers (atenolol, sotalol), one barbiturate (butalbital) and one antidiabetic compound (glibenclamide). The elimination of the sulfonamide antibiotics sulfapyridine (100%), sulfamethazine (91.0%) and... 

Also analj ed acebutolol, alprenolol, antazoline, betaxolol, bisoprolol, bopindolol, bupran-olol, carteolol, celiprolol, chloropyramine, chlorpheniramine, cicloprolol, cimetidine, cin-narizine, cirazoline, clonidine, dilevalol, dimethindene, diphenhydramine, doxazosin, es-molol, famotidine, isothipendyl, ketotifen, metiamide, metoprolol, moxonidine, nadolol, naphazoline, nifenalol, nizatidine, oxprenolol, pheniramine, phentolamine, pindolol, pi-zotyline (pizotifen), practolol, prazosin, promethazine, propranolol, pyrilamine (mepyra-mine), ranitidine, roxatidine, sotalol, tiamenidine, timolol, tramazoline, tripelennamine, triprolidine, tymazoline, UK-14,304... 

A survey of 15 patients taking beta blockers (acebutolol, atenolol, betaxolol, nadolol, pindolol, propranolol or sotalol) for 6 to 8 weeks found no evidence of changes in antihypertensive effects or bradycardia while they were taking famotidine 40 mg daily. No interaction would be expected, and no special precautions would seem necessary if famotidine is taken with these or any other beta blocker. 

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