H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid) (Page 4 of 52)

Hey, you're right Eric.  You've really helped a lot of people out there and they should pay you!  You've made them a lot of money

Hey everyone,

I have a new one. If you have the problem with heavy breathing with the rapid heart rate use the albuteral inhaler. This stuff is mainly used by people with asthma problems or with others that suffer from seasonal alergie issue with polen or grass cuttings. I think one reason why people get flushed is because they tend to overheat due to the rapid breathing and fast heart rate. Well I use the inhaler due to seasonal alergies. But one night I was drinking with some friends and used the usual Pepcid AC 20mg solution. But still felt heavy breathing in the chest. Well I just happen to have my inhaler and it working instantly. As soon as my chest opened my breathing went normal and up my pink face disappeared. So for the people who uses the Pepcid AC trick this stuff works without it. This stuff is also a great 1 and 2 punch with Pepcid.  Any doctor will perscribe albuteral  for alergie sufferers.

Jimmy

let me tell you about my problem, i am an 18 year old boy from the UK, im white with no asian (or jewish, who ive also heard have the problem) background and i feel hot and bothered everytime i drink any kind of alcohol. occasionally this is it and i can drink all night without any problem but usually i get a kind of blotchy rash on my face, neck and chest. the thing is i never feel sick or any of the other conditions that have been expressed

the fact that i dont know if this will happen or not is frustrating as i can find no common link to the problem. therfor if i use pepcid or whatever then there is no way of telling if it is working

anyway does anybody else have the same kind of conditions as these?

I ve yet to try it, but am going to get some pepcid straight away!  Just one thing, has anyone noticed any reduction in effectiveness of it whilst smoking?  Just came across this:

"Tobacco
In a study of 18 healthy people, cigarette smoking was found to decrease the acid blocking effects of famotidine.8 A double-blind, randomised study of 594 patients with duodenal ulcers found that smoking inhibited the ulcer-healing effect of famotidine.9
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Hey, I had also had the experience where sometimes i can drink like crazy and not get red at all but usually like 99% of the time i get red as a cherry. It was my 19th birthday, legal age for canadians so my buddies tried getting me hammered knowing it'd only take a few but it mustve been something i ate or drank cause i drank from 2pm, funneling beer till 9 when i finally passed out on a bar pool table. I just ran out and bought some Pepcid AC tho after reading this forum and i am gonna try it right now... got me a 12 pack of beer and a pack of Pepcid. Here we go!

Just popped 2x10mg pepcid AC chewable tablets and just about to head for a few drinks... will post the results!

Hey, I've been using Pepcid AC for a while now, and it works! Not completely, but like 75% which is more than I can say for antyhing else. And, without Pepcid I turn like TOMATO red.
Anyways, I was wondering if the generic brand of Pepcid (famotidine) would work equally as well.. This might be a stupid question because generic brands are usually supposed to be the exact same thing as the brand name ones, just cheaper... but I was thinking that there was something special about Pepcid specifically because no one on this has ever testified to their success stories of using just generic famotidine. :)
Any feedback on this would be great! THANKS!

The dude that created this forum is possibly the biggest legend to grace this planet. Many thanks, you've saved so many! Cutting to the chase, Im half australian, half asian and turn into a redasian after only a sip of alcohol. One night i tried 2x ZANTAC 150mg tablets 2hrs before drinking and was okay,but after my third glass (within 1hr) i began to turn beet, suggesting ZANTAC only delays the redness. Forget zantac, PEPCID is what works.Ive been taking a spin off brand (Pamacid 40), 2x 40mg tablet would see the redness reduced by 80% to a slight pinkish red on my cheek bones. Taking 3x 40mg (120mg total) reduced the redness completely. One side effect from using pepcid was the painful headache and hangover the next day. Small price to pay. By the way Pepcid AC is prescription olny in australia. Pamacid 40 (40mg) comes in packs of 30 tablets for $25 . CHEERS

Hey William, when did you take the pills?  I found taking it an hour before drinking helps it out a little more.  Anybody else have some insight as to when to take the pepcid?  With food or without.  Thanks.  Yeah, it works pretty well though.

I tried the chewable Pepcid tablets the other day, and although only had three beers with food, found I went a lot lett red than usual.  Does anyone know whether taking the chewable form works quicker than a "to be swallowed" tablet?
I only took 2x10mg, and think that one more may help more...

Hi   My wife is 1/2 Chinese and suffers terribly from the red face and tight breathing, Even when she drinks just a little to be sociable she ends up feeling awfull. We have been reading these posts and are very encouraged, but have not tried the H2 solution yet.  I want to comment on another post several pages back which mentioned other digestion problems and their cures.  I believe lactose intolerance is caused by an enzyne deficiency and people who suffer from that can take an enzyne pill. Also there are enzyne pills that are taken to aid digestion of gassy carbs ie Beano. I know that we are talking about different enzynes here but has anyone ever tried these.  Maybe  these extra enzynes are able to break down the acetaldehyde, and if drug companies can make cheap pills that solve these types of problems then why doesn't someone make a pill formulated for this.  Also does the Pepcid reduce or get rid of the tight breating that accompanies the redness or is there a need for an inhaler as well.
Any and all comments and replys welcome.  thanks

  Brat

Are you getting hives from drinking or from Pepcid, Zantac, etc.?  If it's from taking one Pepcid, I thought that I had read somewhere a while back that one of the rare side effects of Pepcid is that some people will break out in hives or a rash.