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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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curious wrote:Maybe someone can help me out.
I take Pepcid AC and it works
but my question is...
does your body build a tolerance for it?
Later on will i be needing to take more tablets then i do now?
from my experience my body builds up a tolerence for it if i drink every weekend straight. it slowly doesnt work as well. seems to be better when i take breaks from drinking, but doesnt seem to work the same as when i first took it. so yes your body does build up a tolerence for it.
Lacie wrote:i always turn red when i drink! i think ill try this pepcid or zantac trick! i just had a baby 3 weeks ago and sat down last nite with my bf and drank half of a cooler and once cheek turned totally red and hot and i felt sick. im hoping this stuff works. im not asian... does this happen usually only to asians?
usually asians are the ones that have the gene deficency and American Indians, but im sure it can happen to all races and nationalities.
from my experience pepcid starting to reduce its effectivness after a while. we need to come together and get the word out to drug companies that there is a need and market for this type of medical research. i want to be able to drink without getting red before i get too old! =)
I now take a pill of Pedcid MAX and 2 pills of complete fast dissloving one. Seems to work the best for me but still def turn a little red. Im pretty sure it is much of an improvment from before without the Pepcid.
wow read everything. hopefully Natifus is the man with the cure!
we need a new solution or a for sure method to take it. im still turning slightly red (noticeable). what can we do about this? my drinking days are getting ruined!!!
Mindfly wrote:I am absolutely amazed. I have now gone with pepcid 4x and every time has been a great experience. No more heart pounding, red flush, or even horrific hangovers. I don't even have this incredible need to smoke cigs to comfort me (I only smoke when I drink). I also have not found myself being more drunk, but rather the opposite. I feel more in control, less self consious, and happier when I drink. Also, I used to over drink and get a bad case of whiskey d*ck. I have lost many opportunities to take care of business b/c of it. I can tell you now... I am going like a 16 YO on a windy day even with 8-9 drinks in me. AMAZING!
I use 40mg 30m prior to drinking. When I did 2h, I was even better off (90-95% of redness gone vs. 75-80%). I am blown away.
it seems that he pepcid has worked great for you. how much time prior did you take the pills before drinking? after or before you ate? full or empty stomach?
We need something that is actually researched and invented to combat our poor asian glow. Anyone have any ideas how to get the idea out to pharmutical companies? If 40% of Asians in the world have asian glow then it would be a HUUUUGGGEEE market for companies to create something.
does anyone else get huge almost migrain headaches after drinking?
How about a topic informing drug companies that there is a market for this?
I tried the Pepcid AC complete and it helped!!! I still turned pink but def. not fire hot red. Still felt the heart beat a little faster. All in all it def. helps but does not completely cure the asian glow. I feel like I could drink more with taking Pepcid AC. Only reason being is because without the pill the more I drank the more red I would get and the heart beat would increase.
*** I took 2 pepcid AC complete 30 mins before, along with some food (while I was eating). Was drinking beer.
ditto. i swear it worked the first time i used it, but after that night it has not helped with the stupid redness.
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