title: [Primary hyperparathyroidism. Lack of effect of cimetidine on plasma levels of parathyroid hormone and calcium].
abstract: Because of the contradictory results formerly published as regards the effect of cimetidine in primary hyperparathyroidism, we have studied the effect of cimetidine at the daily dose of 1200 mg in 14 cases of primary hyperparathyroidism. The diagnosis was ascertained in all cases by the coexistence of an otherwise unexplained hypercalcemia and of a concomitantly elevated plasma concentration of immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (PiPTH) measured by 2 different antibodies and confirmed in 10 cases by surgical neck exploration. In 5 cases with severe hypercalcemia (greater than 12.0 mg/l) cimetidine was discontinued after 5 days because of its lack of effect on both plasma concentrations of calcium and PiPTH, and the patients were successfully operated. In 8 cases with milder hypercalcemia, cimetidine was given for 1.5-6 months. There was no significant change in both plasma concentrations of calcium (PCa) and PiPTH but a regression analysis showed that PCa was negatively correlated to time with a correlation coefficient which would have become significant if the follow-up had been 9 months. In the last patient severe hypercalcemia was controlled by simultaneous administration of phosphate, indomethacin and cimetidine without concomitant decrease of PiPTH; and 6 weeks after cimetidine discontinuation no significant increase of PCa and PiPTH occurred. These data show that cimetidine has no clinically therapeutic value in primary hyperparathyroidism.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002927:Cimetidine; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Hyperparathyroïdie primitive. Absence d'effet de la cimétidine sur les taux plasmatiques de parathormone et de calcium.