Orally-administered Serum Ranitidine Concentration after Biliopancreatic Diversion for Obesity.
Stomal ulcer occurs in about 5% of patients after biliopancreatic diversion (BPD). Seven females were given 150 or 300 mg of ranitidine orally. Blood samples found a pharmacologically effective concentration from 0.5 to 8 h after both doses. Intestinal absorption of ranitidine is maintained after BPD.
Adami
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Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica, University of Genoa, Genova 16132 Italy.
Gandolfo
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Esposito
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Scopinaro
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