[Cimetidine treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism]

Since Sherwood's report in 1979, contradictory findings have been published with regarding the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism with Cimetidine. We studied 16 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism treated with 1,200 mg of Cimetidine and followed-up clinically and biochemically. A decrease in serum calcium and urinary CAMP was observed after the fourth week of Cimetidine therapy with no significant change in parathormone levels. In none of the cases did Cimetidine seem to provide a treatment of hyperparathyroidism, a condition which remains curable with surgery.