TY - GEN AU - Rania Hassan Fahmy AU - Mohammed Aly Kassem , TI - A Pharmaceutical Study on the Improvement of the Dissolution Profile of Famotidine Tablets / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rania Hassan Fahmy , KW - Bioequivalence KW - Formulation KW - liquisolid N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmaceutics; Issued also as CD N2 - Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory condition that involves ulceration in regions of the upper gastrointestinal tractDrug therapies for PUD are categorized according to their function to : agents that neutralize the stomach acid (antacids) , agents that protect the stomach mucosa such as sucralfate and bismuth compounds , and agents that prevent gastric acid secretions (these are the most effective agents) and these in turn include two categories ; proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole and lansoprazole , and histamine receptor blockers such as ranitidine , cimetidine , famotidine and nizatidine ER -