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Discussion and anecdotes about the Asian Flush/Flush/Glow/Red Face (turning red when drinking alcohol), including using H2 blockers (e.g. Tagamet, Pepsid, Zantac) and other products to combat its effects. Hosted by Eric Cheng on http://echeng.com
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Jan 11, 2005: On December 3, 2003, I posted
a message in my web journal about the Asian Blush, which quickly resulted in over 100 very-informative comments. This forum is intended to be an information source for those of us looking for information about why we turn red when we drink alcohol.
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vagrantblue wrote:Still Steptical, just how long have you been using Pepcid AC? How often, and at what dosages?
You claim to use 10 tablets, a total of 200mg, way past the recommended dosage. Is it really worth the money, and the risk of damaging your body in the long run?
Vagrantblue, I been on the Pepcid thing for about two years now, going on three I think...I go out drinking about twice a week and I guess that equals out to anywhere from 300-400 mgs a week. Is it really worth the money and risk of damaging one's body in the long run? No, but in a culture ruled by vanity, I'm pretty sure we've all wasted money on some things that would help us look "normal" or "accepted" in a social setting. But in the case of being Asian, it's not just vanity, I have a very active social life and I also in enjoy alcohol in moderation, but without the dosage, the flush reaction is quite painful. But thank you for your concern!
flushie wrote:hey guys, with all this alochol being blocked by these drugs, were does it all go ? does it just deslove into thin air ? or does it make it worse ?
Hey Flushie, from what research I've done, what happens is that the H2 blockers help slow the breakdown process of alcohol and that's why we all still get rosy pink instead of beet red. Our mutated gene breaks down alcohol but creates ethanol, which is poisonous causing the flush reaction (unlike other races where it is processed as a vinegar type of substance). Please correct me if I'm mistaked.....just some answers I've found.
Well Steph, I think your body does build a tolerance to it. I not sure why, but in order for it to work I definitely needed to up the dosage.....at one point 3 didn't cut it, then 5, then 7, now 10 is barely working. This is a bummer for me, but it also depends on physiology and tolerance to alcohol. I found out this works best for me: take 10 pills (200mg) 3-4 hours on an empty stomach, THEN eat and drink. Let the pills dissolve your stomach and do its magic in your intestines FIRST before it works on any other substance (food or alcohol). The result is a noticable, but not terrible, glow but disappears into a light pink for the rest of the evening. For best results....drink slowly! Let yourself get to the light pink stage before drinking more and when you feel and see that the initial glow phase is over, then drink as much as you want. And just to throw this out there: Asian girls who get the glow still look helluva lot better than Asian guys....we look f'd up! I'm sorry bro's....we definitely got the short end of the stick. Pepcid is not a cure, but it helps, I think it would be better if there were funding for some research on this, some cure or treatment to turn this mutated gene around. I think there will be in the future, but till then, we got to stick to what we've got. Oh yeah, Zantac 150 sucks! Didn't work for me (3 pills of 150mg), all it did was delay the redness....after an hour and 1 beer full on flush like I didn't take any pills at all. Guess it worked for kyle, more power to her. So Steph, didn't want to put you down, just giving you my experience... good luck!
Well friends, I've been on this pepcid AC thing for about 2 years now and it seems like I have to up the dosage for it to work. I've tried it in all conditions: empty stomach, half empty, full, 1 hour, 2, 3, and even 4 hours prior to drinking. At first, I only needed 3 pills (60mg with Pepcid Max) a few years ago to do the job, then I noticed that I gradually needed to take more for the effects to work. I am now at 200mg and still get light red/dark pink. I have to endure that for about 2 hours and then it turns to light pink only around the cheeks and then I can have as many drinks as I want without worrying. Overall, the glow is still noticable no matter what preps I've taken before hand. I guess it only works well on some Asians; what sucks is my brother doesn't get flush at all! Damn! And I don't think mixing pills is a good idea, just logically speaking, but taking 200mg of anything isn't either! haha! Well good luck to the rest of you out there!
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