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Tagamet

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Tag·a·met (tg-mt)
A trademark for the drug cimetidine.

Tagamet,
trademark for a histamine H2 receptor antagonist (cimetidine).

Tagamet [tag´ah-met]
trademark for preparations of cimetidine, an antagonist of histamine H2receptors used to inhibit gastric acid secretion.

Tagamet®
Cimetidine, see there


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