H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid) (Page 16 of 52)

To Chris, in answer to your question about the health risks involved. I was like you very conscious of this issue and went to the doctors to check it out. My Australian doc had never heard of this asian flush thing of course, but he was interested to learn and from his research he said people have taken up to 800mg a day for a year and had no side effects, that was 5 years ago, so any long term effects have not realy been nailed out. He also said that beacuse im only using pepcid once a week that that was ok. I was also worried about having to take 120mg of pepcid to completely remove the redness, but he said thats ok. Just dont abuse the stuff...so anyway thats my experience...

I am also Vietnamese. It's interesting to hear that Ecstasy can remove the asian flush symptons.
May I ask what kind of ecstasy you took? Maybe you could have been hallusinating when you have been drinking. just a theory :)
But you can tell me what kind of ecstasy you took, I can find out the exactly working ingredient.

I don't know what they are called. The all had differnt names and differnt feelings but all worked the same. I can drink with no flush or symptons at all. So I feel the estascy pill and feel drunk from the alcohol at the same time. I'm sure I wasn't hallucination but I remember some names . Blue Dolphin and Heaven's Gate? something like that

Personally, I'm quite happy to keep this forum open. It seems to be the main discussion point for everyone.

so, what's your solution?

Alrighty then. We'll keep this topic open. Sorry about the required registration thing, but I hate spam almost as much as I do turning red when I drink. :)

I think our wee Angel is only a young thing. It took me like 3x longer to read her msg than it should have. But I think she's asking us if Zantac works... I've found that famotidine products work the best -- ie Pepcid or generic famo. And a friend of mine takes Gaviscon for the vomiting (I'm "lucky" I only get the tomato red face, not the vomiting or itchy crotch or anything like that!!)

And judging from Angel's post, smoking too much weed is hazardous to your spelling! ;)

Angel, relaaaaaaaaxxx, slow down and enjoy the ride a bit.  ;-)

Seriously though, I've found that 2 Pepcid ACs (20mg each) taken with a full glass of water about 45-60 minutes before drinking works best.  I've found that if you want a *long* time after taking them (1.5 hours or more) tends to make my stomach ache just a bit.  Nothing terrible, but like I'm really, really hungry.

I'm still experimenting with eating first, not eating at all, and eating with the first few drinks.  More careful observation needed there.

I've also found that Zantac 150 doesn't work as well as Pepcid AC Max Strength.  Granted, this is just *my personal* experience.  I've been reading this forum since Eric started it a long time ago and see that different things seem to work for different people.  Overall though, I think the H2 blockers definitely work.  They don't *completely* eliminate the symptoms, but they do make it "livable".  The most significant thing is that they all seem to greatly reduce the rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and general "sick" feeling most of us get when drinking.  Still some redness, but it seems most can at least enjoy a few drinks without feeling like you'd rather be dead!

Hope that helps!

Yeah. I've found that drinking a lot of water while first taking the Pepcid helps it break down and take effect better. I find that eating on an empty stomach, or eating BEFORE you take the pills works best. There was this one time where I ate 2 pepcid and ate a hamburger and fries about an hour into drinking and I started to feel heated and sensed my face was red. I think eating takes away the effects of the famo. I dunno though, even when I do turn a little pink or a little red when I eat the pepcid, it only lasts for about 10 minutes if even, then goes away and I feel great (normal).

So all in all, I agree 2 Pepcids about a half hour or an hour before with a bottle/glass of water works well with this flush.

keep the stories coming people!

hey hey.. im from nz.. das new zealand.. lol.. um.. does anyone know how to get them from here??? i went to the chemist and they gave me zantac.. which oviouslly didnt work well lol.. so yeah.. does anyone have hotmail?? so i cant like discuss this with you.. ya know lol.. it will be.. fun :D
i am so keen to drink by the way lol

watchu meen a local??? local of wat??? lol...
danno f ma doctor will let me tho.. do you recon they will???
i never said that i didnt want to talk online.. it only because it takes so long for some1 to reply back f u get what i mean.. haha but im not 2 worried bout it..
wait... u from new zealand 2???? omg hahaha it would be so crack up if you wher my cuzzie.. i bet u arent tho...

Ang, Try asking your doc for some famotidine. I asked mine for some and he was busy writing out the script while I was trying to justify myself. It seemed that he had no problem at all with me taking the stuff. So... try it, what's the worst that could happen - your doc says no. No biggie. And anyway, it's really cheap through the doc. I mean if you have to spend $50 to see the doc anyway - it cost me something like $16 for 90tabs of 20mg. Much cheaper than getting branded Famo! I figure its even better getting it through your doc so then he knows what pills you're taking and would say something if he thinks you are taking too many drugs. Oh hang on, you're a pot-head, perhaps you should tell him about that too! ;)

Piewhack -have a look at how many mg of famotidine the Pepcid Two has. Most people seem to take 20-40mg each time. Its the famo that works the magic, so its just a matter of how many pills you'll need to take to make it effective for you.