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Famotidine

 
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Famotidine is a type of medicine that helps in neutralising stomach acid. It assists in reducing nausea, pain, bloating and vomiting caused by excess acid reflux and stomach acid. You can buy the tablets with strengths of either 20 mg or 40 mg. You should take Famotidine daily or as directed by your doctor or pharmacist to treat your condition and its symptoms.

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Description

What is Famotidine?

Famotidine is a medication that is used to cure stomach ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease. It is a histamine receptor blocker in the class of anti-ulcer drugs that are used to treat conditions such as duodenal and gastric ulcers, dyspepsia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. It can also be used to prevent stress ulcers.

How Does Famotidine Work?

Histamine is a chemical transmitter that triggers parietal cells to produce gastric acid. The presence of gastric acid can cause unpleasant symptoms in the stomach, with severe cases culminating into more serious complications such as stomach ulcers if left untreated. Famotidine works by reducing the quantity of acid produced by blocking the effects of histamine on the histamine H2 receptors located on the stomach walls and parietal cells.

Symptoms That Famotidine Treats

Famotidine can be used to provide relief to the following symptoms:
  • Stomach ulcers
  • Erosive esophagitis
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), among others.

Warnings

  • Notify your doctor if you are pregnant or want to become pregnant.
  • If you are sensitive or have had a reaction to other histamine receptor blocking medications you cannot use Famotidine as it might be deadly.
  • You cannot use Famotidine if you have advanced or end-stage kidney disease because you might not be able to get rid of this medication from your system.

Directions

  • You may take famotidine pills with or without food
  • Famotidine oral should be taken by mouth.
  • Take this medicine as directed to get the most out of it. To assist you to remember, take it at the same time(s) every day.
  • This medication should not be stopped abruptly since it may cause ulcer healing to be delayed.
  • Famotidine can be used as part of a comprehensive therapy that includes dietary or lifestyle modifications. Follow all of your doctor's or dietician's instructions carefully.

Ingredients

  • The active component is Famotidine.
  • The inactive components are magnesium stearate, sodium starch glycolate, cellulose, microcrystalline, , hypromellose, silica colloidal anhydrous pregelatinized starch, macrogol 4000, lactose monohydrate, talc.

Side Effects

A medicine may have both beneficial and undesirable effects. Although not all of these side effects are likely, if any do occur, they might need medical intervention. Some of the symptoms include:

  • Hallucinations
  • A seizure
  • Constipation or diarrhoea
  • Muscle pain
  • Skin rash
  • Pounding heartbeats
Remember to store Famotidine at room temperature and far from reach by children. Additionally, ensure to follow up with your doctor to observe whether the medication is working properly.