Ranitidine: Anaphylaxis: case report.

B Author Information b An event is serious (based on the ICH definition) when the patient outcome is: * death * life-threatening * hospitalisation * disability * congenital anomaly * other medically important event An adult man [ I exact age at reaction onset not stated i ] developed anaphylaxis during treatment with ranitidine for diffuse/intense epigastric pain. On the second day of ranitidine therapy, two hours following the administration of ranitidine, he had angioedema of the face and generalised urticaria. The allergy specialist decided to treat his rhinitis symptoms with levocetirizine and fluticasone furoate until the end of grass pollen season and to re-evaluate the atopic status and a possible hypersensitivity reaction induced by ranitidine. [Extracted from the article]