Famotidine is a medicine used to deal with and forestall ulcers within the abdomen and intestines. Additionally it is used to deal with gastroesophageal reflux illness (GERD) and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Famotidine belongs to a category of medicines often called histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs).
The pronunciation of famotidine is as follows: fam” oh tih deen. The stress is on the second syllable.