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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
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Just got home from a night of drinking. I got called out by someone at the bar saying I have asian flush. It was kind of embarrassing, I took 5 chewable pepcid ac max and still got red enough for people to notice. I hate this sooo much, I think tonight is the last night I'm going to drink. I'm so sick of being embarrassed!
Went out to a club two nights ago and took 5 pepcid ac max pills. I took 3 an hour before we headed out and took the other 2 about an hour or so in the club. It's so frustrating because I still managed to get red around my cheeks and a lil on my forehead. I drank 2 captain and cokes and 3 long islands. It's starting to get real depressing. I had fun... but when I saw some of the pictures my friends took of us... I could see redness in my face. Pepcid works at reducing the redness a little, but not enough.
I've prayed so many times for something to cure my asian flush... hopefully something will come out soon =/
I just wanted to say that I went out to drink yesterday and took 3 pills of Pepcid AC 20mg about 1 hour before going out. I felt like I didn't get any red flush in my face and I think its because I was drinking rum and coke. Usually when I drink beer, my cheeks get a pink blush to them, but tonight I didn't get any redness in my face at all. In total, I drank 5 captain&cokes and 1 jager bomb. I'm going to start drinking rum and coke from now on instead of beer... it reduces the redness in my face.
I tried Zantac last weekend and I still got red in the face. I took it an hour and a half before I drank but it didnt seem to help at all. I didnt eat anything as well so.... I usually use Pepcid AC extra strength and it seems to work. I get a little pink in the face after the 1st beer with pepcid, but if i chill and wait 20 minutes for the redness to go away I can usually drink the rest of the night without getting red. I'm just worried about the long term side effects of taking Pepcid AC...
I get somewhat red when I play sports or jog at the gym. I don't get as red from sports as I do drinking though. I highly doubt its related. When playing sports and running around, I get red for a couple minutes but it goes away, when i drink, the redness stays for an hour or so. But yea, like i said... this is just my experience... some people may react differently
I'm from the West coast so I'm not sure if you have Safeway grocery stores around, but they have generic versions of Pepcid AC that are somewhat cheaper in price. I don't recommend taking the chewable Pepcid AC though... I just bought some a month ago and they dont seem to work as well as the Extra Strength Pepcid AC tablets.
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