CIMETIDINE HEPATITIS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 77  (1) , 143-144
Abstract
The case of an adult with cimetidine-induced hepatitis is presented. An etiologic role for the drug was strongly suggested when the patient developed transient hepatic dysfunction after 2 reexposures to cimetidine, which reverted promptly on withdrawal of the drug. The temporal relation between the administration of the drug and the development of hepatic dysfunction suggests that it is a hypersensitivity type of reaction.