It’s not the acid reducing effect that makes Cimetidine anticancer, it’s because of its affect on regulatory T-cells.
Treg cells are immunosuppressive and generally suppress or downregulate induction and proliferation of effector T cells. Cimetidine interferes with Treg cells so the effector T-cells can be fully unleashed. It’s unlikely Prevacid would have similar effect.
Thanks- there are also some pretty big differences in how they both work too I found out. Looks like ppi’s like prevacid are also not a good drug to be on unless He condition is so severe that nothing else works- weighing the risk agaisnt the benefit sort of drug.
Im wondering thouh where cimetidine helps T-cells do their thing, hst if someone has an autoimmune problem that might not be a good thing? (Being that autoimmune diseases attack the body using the body’s own defences agaisnt itself)?