Famotidine

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Molecule Structure

Scientific Name

Famotidine

Description of the Drug

Famotidine is a histamine H2 receptor antagonist used to treat duodenal ulcers, benign gastric ulcers, GERD, and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Source: DrugBank Online – DrugBank.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10 from
http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00927

Brand Name(s)

Famotidine, Famotidine preservative free, Famotidine preservative free (pharmacy bulk), Fluxid, Pepcid, Pepcid ac, Pepcid preservative free, Pepcid rpd

Company Owner(s)

Alkem Laboratories Ltd, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc, Watson Laboratories Inc, Johnson And Johnson Consumer Inc Mcneil Consumer Healthcare Div, Mankind Pharma Ltd, Abbvie Inc, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc, Hospira Worldwide, Inc, Zydus Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc, Ivax Pharmaceuticals Inc Sub Teva Pharmaceuticals Usa

Mechanism(s) Of Action

Target Name Target Type Action Type Target ChEMBL ID
Histamine H2 receptor SINGLE PROTEIN ANTAGONIST CHEMBL1941

Unichem Links

Atlas famotidine
SureChEMBL SCHEMBL972 SCHEMBL23804905
PharmGKB PA449586
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0001919
DrugBank DB00927
PubChem: Thomson Pharma 14851333 14753540 14777800 14900130 14900131
PubChem 5353622 3325 5702160
Mcule MCULE-1972636463
NMRShiftDB 20207393 20211263
LINCS LSM-5201
Nikkaji J22.992J
BindingDB 50103514 50036754 22891
EPA CompTox Dashboard DTXSID5023039
DrugCentral 1129
ChemicalBook CB5706585
Guide to Pharmacology 7074
rxnorm FAMOTIDINE PEPCID
PubChem: Drugs of the Future 12013748
ChEBI 4975
ZINC ZINC000001530636