H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid) (Page 2 of 52)

has anyone tried the new Prilosec OTC??  supposedly their product works better than pepcid because it shuts down the stomach's acid pumps.  if anyone's tried it, please post your results!  thx

I've tried pepcid, I think it worked, I felt that I could actually drink more taking pepcid. I only took 20mg, might take two 20 mg tablets........

I typically turn bright red, my face, my limbs, the whole nine yards.  My face would feel like its on fire, I have difficulty breathing, and my heart races. In some cases I get nauseous enough to puke after 1.5 drinks. I have to be very careful when I consume alcohol. However, just recently, I took Tagamet, and I had three drinks within 2 hours and only flushed to a light pink, and didn't feel the extreme effects of alcohol like I normally do. I probably could've gone for a fourth drink, but I didn't want to push my luck. Overall a good experience. I took this on a half empty stomach and drank about 30 min later.  I wonder how long one pill will last.

Any information?

-Cat

i'm gonna try this pepcid ac thing! yeah i get the bright red face, heart pounding thing everytime i drink. i get around it by drinking for about 2 - 3hrs, then after that it goes away. the 1st hr is hte worst, i start to go bloaty red in my face, by the hr mark its usually bright red, my arms cheast also, heart racing away. by about 2hrs or 3hrs time it eventually calms down and i can keep on drinking and i look normal. so i usually drink 1st then head out into town later. i stick to one type of drink, mixing it seems to bring the redness back up, and i dont eat while drinking as this seems to make me red again. i thought of a cure but its very extreme! if the emyemze is missing from our liver or kidneys then i guess a transplant would solve the problem ...lol

hahah a transplant i wonder if that would actually work ...

I agree.  Drinking right after or while I eat makes me even redder too. I usually wait at least two hours after I eat before I start drinking. I take four Pepcid AC Max and I'm good for the whole night!!...no side effects either!

interesting article about H2's...

http://diynet.com/diy/lh_general_info/a … 97,00.html

Well, these are some interesting findings. I just happened to find this board from google.
With me, it's kind of odd. I will always get red, but it will go away as I have more drinks. Most of the time, it will only be superficial: my face will turn red. Sometimes though, my face will get especially red, and won't go away. This is accompanied by a pounding heart/head, and tired/dizziness. It seems like the effects are multiplied. These are the worst.

As some of you have mentioned, I also found that food makes a difference in how I feel when I drink. I've found that if I drink shortly after I've eaten, or eat while drinking, it is very likely that I will feel the worse of the two scenarios I mentioned above. Not to gross anyone out, but in the past, when I've felt that way because of the mixture of food and alcohol, I've made myself throw up (or just thrown up) in order to feel better.
Surprisingly, this would make me feel almost instantly better. No more pounding, and reduced redness.  Needless to say, I try my hardest not to mix food with alcohol.

I'm about 5'9, 160lbs male, and can have an average of 9-11 drinks on a drinking night, so I guess i'm not too bad relatively speaking. It's still frustrating sometimes though having to worry about the redness issue all the time. I'll be sure to try some Pepcid, and we'll see what happens next time! I'll be sure to post results.

I tried the Pepcid AC Maximum last night and had almost no noticable redness!  I took three about 50 minutes before I drank and then I got a little nervous that I would turn beet-red and took two more about 30 minutes before.  To be honest, I was a bit skeptical and didn't think it would work having tried antihistamines, tums, vitamin C, etc. in the past with no results.  Well, thank God I was wrong!!!  This post has really turned out to be a social lifesaver for me!!  Someone should contact the Johnson & Johnson/Merck marketing people and tell them to start marketing it to billion+ in Asia cursed with the "Asian Flush".  Oh, and does five work better than three or was I going overboard?
Thanks all!
JL

I tried the Pepcid AC max, and I had mixed results. I took two 20mg pills about 45 mins before drinking. I then had about four shots of Smirnoff within 60 mins, which is about what I can usually handle before turning bright red and  feeling the blood pound in my head.  This time, I didn't turn nearly as red as I usually do, but I felt extremely drunk and sick.  I was only slightly pink but I was hunched over the toilet throwing up, which never has happened to me before.  The next morning, my memory was vague about what I did the night before and I was very hungover.  I think the Pepcid made me drunker faster, although it did keep my face from turning beet-red. I even felt sick in the morning - and with only four shots! I don't know... does anyone have any other suggestions about what to take to cure the asian glow and also not make you super sick drunk?

well after more experimenting & i'm cured! i tried 60mg of pecid ac and it worked, it tiny tiny bit blush @ the start but nothing to be worried about, i'm sooooooooooo happy! now to try more experimenting with this pecid ac stuff!

Been following this thread for a while.  All interesting stuff.  I've been taking Pecid AC Maximum Strength to combat asian glow for sometime now.  It usually works pretty well, definitely curbs the full-on beet redness that I would normally get, leaving me with semi-rosy cheeks most of the time.  And the rosiness itself goes away after about 2 hours of drinking. 

I take TWO 10mg tablets of Pepcid AC Max.  However, I think that the effectiveness of this dosage is dropping, as I've  still gotten red the last few times I took it (although still not as beet-red I'd get without any pepcid).    I'm worried to up the dosage, since the box says you should limit your intake to TWO tablets a day..

Anyone have any insight on adverse side effects of taking Pepcid AC Max over a long period of time (and usually once a week).    Or anything on taking more than two 10mg tablets a day?