Word: tagamet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over 700 compounds, they finally hit upon cimetidine. At present, their discovery has been approved for up to only eight-weeks' use by duodenal-ulcer patients and by victims of a few other diseases causing excessive acid secretion, like gastrinoma (tumors of the pancreas). Under the brand name Tagamet, the new drug should be available (on prescription only) by Labor Day. Cost of a four-to six-weeks' supply for the average course of therapy...