H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid) (Page 10 of 52)

i heard pepcide is better, but hardly can get it in australia.... dam aye

did it work for you zantac?????????

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?

isn't combining pepcid and alcohol really bad for you?

I think you're on to something here...  Maybe we can just stop eating alltogether so that we can have an occasional drink... great idea!!

Sorry for my leave!
Some basic information for the common confusions.
-Aussie guy wrote about eating and the flushing returning. Certain foods/Spices act as a placebo, and will greaten your sensitivity.
I also notice all you blame the inactive enzyme for causing the Asian Flush symptoms.
-The body can bypass the normal breaking down of alcohol, threw another method(not going to explain). Which alcoholics process majority of the alcohol threw.  YES! Drinking more does reduce the symptoms/mask the symptoms, but greatens risk of cancer.
-The expensive drug used to surpress Asian Flush.
4-methylpyrazole(4MP)/Antizol cost is $3,000-$4,000 a pack.  4MP is also found in Rimonabant. A diet pill that is designed to cut off certain functions to make you not want to eat. 4MP also is found in many other pills.  4MP and Rimonabant,other diet pills, so on etc... do have nasty/severe side effects.

Have to go for now..

I used to get it fairly bad, but I know that I am heterozygous.  I dont really get it anymore (i am 20, so it doesnt take 30 years to get used to), except for after 4-5 beers, but I try to keep my metabolism in working order by drinking 1 or 2 a day during the week.  I also used to use pepcid ac, but although I am not a biologist, I can feel the combination of it and alcohol laying my body to waste.  So I just take vitamins (they sell antioxidants specifically for alcohol too), and stop drinking when I get red, or stop feeling good.  If you are heterozygous and drink a little each day youll probably get used to it, even if you feel like a total loser for a little while.  On the other hand, what is so loserish about drinking a little every night, especially if you are asian and you end up having a blast after like a beer?  All I have to say is pepcid and alcohol has got to be so uberly bad!!  I suggest drinking to enjoy it, and alotta vits.  -

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Well most of your concerns are the redness.  There are ways to get rid of the redness.
The redness comes from dialating blood vessels. When the blood vessels dialate heavy ammount of blood are passing threw, which causes the red appearance.

The redness, headaches, heat are caused by increase of blood flow. Paul Lyness wrote below his concern why the change in season had caused the flushing to return.  Weather,food,drinks,alcohol,wind,sun,etc can all play apart in why your redness has returned. It appears that you have sensitive skin, which may be the reason it returned. If you had acne, pimples(above average),zits(above average) it means you have sensitive skin. Most asians who have "Asian Flush" have sensitive skin, and have/had higher rates of pimples,zits,and acne than the average person in their life time. Thou remember flushing is caused by dialating blood vessels, and alcohol does dialate your blood vessels. Everything below is towards reducing flushing(dialating blood vessels), and not all symptoms of alcohol. Ways to stop dialation of blood vessels.

I remember someone saying after they work out, it increases the rate of flushing.
Salt and water is secreted from the skin during persperation.  If you didn't know. Salt water is used to keep your blood vessels from dialating, it causes the blood vessels to constrict. Allowing less blood to flow, and less blood flow means less redness. Replenish your elctrolights.  Drinking fresh carrot juice can help reduce flushing daramaticly, before/after/during alcohol consumption. Drinking Salt water will constrict stomach areas,intestines, etc...Causing less intake of toxins,slows metabolism,so on... and should also help you have higher intake of alcohol before flushing/possible flushing.

Laser surgery! There is a laser surgery treatment for blood vessels. Laser surgery can cauterize the blood vessels restricting blood flow, and can take up to more than one treatment to stop you from flushing period.

Topical Tacrolimus,Minocycline, Rosex, and other topical creams.! Is an ointment used to help reduce the redness in facial areas, please read instructions on use.

I have said before, not everything works for everyone.

HOPE THIS HELPS OUT!
Be back in 2 weeks take care.

Laser surgery ? is that a permanent?

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You can't just compare the dosage levels between Zantac and Pepcid.  They are two entirely different chemical compounds which require very different concentrations to be effective.  Zantac (ranitidine) is not the same as Pepcid (famotidine).  75 mg of ranitidine has the same effectiveness as 20 mg of famotidine.

So, I hope nobody does the *opposite* of what reddragon suggests.  Don't think that you should go and take 150-300 mg of Pepcid!  At some point, this stuff probably isn't good for you in huge dosages.

Hope that helps.

-Skip

so if i take more zantec, will it do the same as less pepcide?