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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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in the interest of science, i tried again today the zantac claratyne combination, but with 4 standard drinks (1 bottle of riccadonna) over an hour with similar success, only a slight pinkishness. once again, i waited an hour after taking the pills before starting to drink. hopefully i don't build up a tolerance to the meds too quickly...
hey guys,
after finding this place i ordered a bottle of generic famotidine from ebay, and about 5 10mg pills would greatly reduce my reddening. before that, i had tried zantac on its own, to little success. but upon hearing about some others having luck with the zantac + claritine combo, i went out and got a pack of zantac extra strength (300mg ranitidine) and had one of those with a claritine about an hour before starting to drink. I've just had 2 beers over the course of an hour and i'm pleased to report that i'm only very slightly red without the usual throbbing in my head. just the nice buzz that i long to have without the aid of pharmaceuticals. normally my hands would also go very red, but not this time!
in the past i've also tried 5 famotidine tabs + 1 claritine which seemed to be more effective than the famo on its own.
make of this what you will, and just fyi, i'm a 5'5" vietnamese male, 23 years, 60kg, your regular puny asian guy :)
cheers.
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