title: The effect of a gastrin-receptor antagonist on gastric acid secretion and serum gastrin in the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
abstract: We studied the effect of intravenous administration of a gastrin-receptor antagonist (proglumide) on gastric acid secretion and serum gastrin in three patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Proglumide administered as a bolus injection (50 mg/kg) or as an infusion (50 mg/kg hour and 100 mg/kg hour) or as a combination of bolus injection and infusion (50 mg/kg I.V. followed by 50 mg/kg hour) inhibited gastric acid secretion by 13-62%. Cimetidine (2 mg/kg I.V. followed by 2 mg/kg hour) inhibited gastric acid secretion by 83-86%. Neither proglumide nor cimetidine significantly influenced serum gastrin concentrations. We conclude that proglumide is a relatively weak inhibitor of gastric acid secretion in patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood*; D005973:Glutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011377:Proglumide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D005973:Glutamine; D002927:Cimetidine; D011377:Proglumide