“…Pharmacokinetics-cimetidine, humans Bioavailability-cimetidine, humans Blood levels of cimetidine in humans after oral dosing (1-8) and intravenous administration (2,5,6) have been analyzed with respect to the pharmacological response (2), influence of a meal on absorption (3), biliary distribution and secretion (4), and bioavailability (1, 5, 6). The drug shows unusual pharmacokinetic behavior in producing a significant secondary peak in the drug concentration profile after oral dosing on a fasting stomach but not after intravenous administration (5)(6)(7). No attempts have been made to describe the pharmacokinetics of the phenomenon.…”