Question

A family member of a 28-year-old patient who has suffered massive abdominal trauma in an automobile accident asks the nurse why the patient is receiving famotidine (Pepcid), a H2 antagonist. The nurse will explain that the medication will

Answer 1

The nurse will explain that the medication will inhibit development of stress ulcers. The patient must know that the main function of famotidine which is prevention of development of physiologic stress ulcers. The possible stress ulcers  can actually be defined as a serious trauma. It does not cause vomit and prevents pylori infection.