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Table 1 Ranitidine: indications and adult oral dosages

From: Fatal injection of ranitidine: a case report

Indications

Dosages

Active duodenal ulcer

150 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Maintenance of healing of duodenal ulcers

150 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Pathological hypersecretory conditions (such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome)

50 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Benign gastric ulcer

50 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Maintenance of healing of gastric ulcers

150 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

150 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Erosive esophagitis

150 mg or 10 ml of syrup

Maintenance of healing of erosive esophagitis

150 mg or 10 ml of syrup