Compasition:
Each tablets Contains:
Famotidine ..........20 / 40 mg Famotidine

Properties:
Famotak is a thiazide derivative of histamine.
It is a histamine H2 receptor antagonist that inhibits gastric acid secretion elicited by histamine or by gastrin.

Famotak inhibits basal (fasting), nocturnal acid secretion & that stimulated by food, fundic distention & various pharmacological agents.
Both the acid concentration & volume of gastric secretion are suppressed by Famotak, while changes in pepsin secretion are proportional to volume output.

The duration of inhibition of secretion after doses of 20 & 40 mg is usually 10 - 12 hours respectively.
Famotak is readily absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract.
Bioavailability of oral doses is 40 - 45 %, this may be increased slightly by food or decreased slightly by antacids.

After oral doses, peak plasma levels are achieved within 1 - 3 hours.
Peak plasma level is not altered by chronic administration & elimination half life is 2.5 - 3.5 hours. It is eliminated largely unchanged by the renal route (65 - 70 %) & the remainder by metabolic routes. Famotak has no androgenic action. It does not affect prolactin levels, or sex hormones.

Indications:
► Short term treatment of active gastric
& duodenal ulcer.
► Prevention of duodenal ulcer recurrence in selected patients.
► Gastric hypersecretory conditions: in treatment of pathological gastric hyper-secretion associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, systemic mastocytosis & multiple endocrine adenomas.
► Symptomatic treatment of Gastro- Esophageal Reflux disease
► Treatment of upper gastro-intestinal bleeding secondary to gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, or hemorrhage gastritis.
► With NSAIDs & in minor digestive complains (eg. Chronic episodic dyspepsia).

Dosage :
► For duodenal ulcer treatment : 40 mg once daily at bedtime or 20mg twice daily.
► For prophylaxis of recurrent duodenal ulcer : 20 mg once daily at bed time
► For treatment of benign gastric ulcer : 40 mg once daily at bedtime.
► For treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease: 20 mg twice daily
► Ulcerative esophagitis: 20 or 40 mg twice daily.
► With NSAIDs & in minor digestive complains
(eg. Chronic episodic dyspepsia) : 20 or 40 mg daily.
► Pathological gastric hyper secretion: associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, systemic mastocytosis & multiple endocrine adenomas : 20 mg every 6 hours, the dosage being adjusted as needed & therapy continued for as long as clinically indicated.

Presentation :
Box of 20 tablets of Famotak 20 mg.
Box of 10 & 20 tablets of Famotak 40 mg.