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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

ironmike wrote:

one thing i've noticed, I can drink 10x the amount I used to with the pepcid ac.  Everyone I ask am i red, a little red, pinkish, turning red, they say no, you're pale as a ghost. I will still feel the hotness, though not as much. So I still get the slight heat sensation which I then assume I must be bright red right at that point, but I look at myself and not a trace. Even right now, I have that heat sensation, and my last drink was double shot of wild turkey at 5:30 am and its noon right now. The hangovers are still there but much more tolerable. Also, I could never handle tequila, rum and soju, now, no problems. On my bday Wed, 12 shots tequila, 10beers and maybe 1/2 bottle soju and I made it to work next day. I stunk like a brewery, but no redness whatsoever. The test yesterday was drinking a beer at work and not turning red. I might have to start bringing a flask to work (or hit some AA meetings)

Hey ironmike,

I've also noticed that as well.  I can *definitely* drink more than I can taking pepcid first.  That said, there's no way--taking Pepcid or not--I can drink as much as you state above.  12 shots of tequila and 10 beers, my ass would be laid out flat no doubt about it.  I've had up to 8 shots and 6 beers spread out over a few hours and I was definitely feeling OK.

I also feel the "hotness" and it *feels* like my face is red, but people tell me that I'm not red.  Strange, very strange.

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

I read this forum and decided to give Pepcid AC a go.  I am Chinese and get red most of the time as soon as I drink (like most others' experience, beer and wine are worse and vodka has the least effect, I can get away with it sometimes if i sip vodka+mix sloooowly).  Getting red is not the worst, but the fact that is PATCHY and my eyes go red too!!! I absolutely hate hate hate it! It was just like a curse!!!

It also had an effect on my social life. It was not as bad when I was going out, where it's usually darker and I usually just make sure I get drunk slightly after other people so they'll be too pissed to notice. 
But it's actually the 'not to get drunk but a couple of drinks' kinda social drinking that I most dreaded - so much so that I don't have alcoholic drinks on those occasions to avoid the embarrassment. Well... the fact that I work with alcohol means that these drinking occasions happen all the time!!!

So... I went to get Pepcid AC. I am in the UK so I have to go EBay.  The other day, when I was expecting the 'a drink after work', i took 2 tabs about 45mins before.  I had 1 drink, that would usually be enough to get me red.  At the near end of the drink, I could feel the heat on my face and I was getting paranoid thinking that if there's a minority of people that Pepcid doesn't work on, it's gonna be me!!! So I was to check... and there was NO REDNESS AT ALL!!! This is a Godsend!!! I'm only gutted that I didn't find this web site earlier!! Thank You!!!

PS Have not tried it on heavier drinking yet, but will soon happen so will post again for any news. ;)

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

take a road trip to Canada snuffy

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

Omega Red wrote:

take a road trip to Canada snuffy

Went there last summer.  Your GST and PST were killin' me!  ;-)  Seriously though, had a good time in Canada and of course brought my Pepcid with me.

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

I hate how if something comes up, someone comes by. They're like, wanna have a drink? We gotta be like.... uh uh uh nah I'm sorry I'm not in the mood or I'm tired........ that's what I do anyway. It's soooooooo lame UGH.

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

Do it all the time!!!

but now i gotta put some pepcidine in all my handbags so i dont ever have to say no to alcohol!

532 Reply by Crunknigguh (edited by Crunknigguh 2006-09-02 13:13:42)

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

I just recently tried some generic famotidine, I popped 3 10 mg waited about 30 min, had 5 pints of Heineken and a shot of tequila and BAM I wasn't red at all! I did notice my eyes turning a little red. I wear contacts so that might be the cause. Anyone else get red eyes?

Oh and another thing, has anyone not waited the 30 min before drinking and instead chewed on some famotidine and used some beer, liquer etc... to ingest the medication? I figured maybe chewing the tablets will provide a quiker H2 blocking effect? I pesonally don't get red as soon as I take a few sips or sometimes not until I start my second drink, it takes a good 15 min until I turn into a flaming tomato :( I'm sure everyone who uses this famotidine supplement will experience a time where a drink will be presented to you without knowing in advanced to take your fix.

Anyone have any input on this?

Thx!

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

Crunknigguh wrote:

I'm sure everyone who uses this famotidine supplement will experience a time where a drink will be presented to you without knowing in advanced to take your fix.

Anyone have any input on this?

Thx!

Uh, yeah. I HATE it. I always turn it down because it's not worth turning into a lobster in front of people. I'ts embarassing as hell. Even when I take 3 20mg pills like an hour before, and drink a LOT of water, I sometimes turn red. I don't get it.

and in regards to chewing the tabs....... I've never tried that. I heard it's not good to do that. But then again, I don't know. Can anyone shed any clarity on this?

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

i had work drinks on friday, and i turned a little more red than usual cause you should really eat, then take the pills then wait a bit then drink.

I hadnt had much to eat since lunch and around 3.30pm i took my pills waited an hour, then drank and got a little flushed. But it still wasnt as bad as when i dont take the famotidine.

Saturday i had to go watch the footy game with friends, so i ate like at 1.30pm and again at 4pm and took my tablets (20mg) at 4.30pm. Game started at 5.40pm and i consumed like 5-6 beers throughout the nite and got only a little red.. more in the cheeks and a little around the outside of my eyes. It looks like i got a rosy glow, but it looks allright on me! hehehe

passed out at like 1am but woke up aok!!! no hangover or nothing. But I never had ever really had a bad hangover, cept with wine.

and Jasko.. with your LOTS of water drinking, im no doctor expert but I think that will actually dilute the famo and thus effectiveness will be less.

535 Reply by jasko

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^^Yeah that's a good point.......

How many pills of the 20mg famo did you take prior to drinking?

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

i only take 20mg and im all good!

not sure if i want to take anymore... i mean we still dont know if taking more is bad for you!!!

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

hey guys. just read through all 22 pages and am definately interested in buying this stuff now. just a couple of questions.

1. when i drink (especially beer) i throw up after 1 maybe 2 pints if i'm lucky, but i usually dont feel the slightest bit pissed when i puke. so i may wanna carry on drinking after i throw up cos i dont want everyone asking me why i've stopped drinking. so my question is that after i have puked, will the effect of the pepcid ac not work anymore as i may have puked it all out, and i would have to take another dose.

2. i live in the UK and want to take the pepcid ac max which is not available here. there is only one seller on ebay uk that sells this but the box lookes different to the one on amazon. so i was just wondering if someone could tell me if this is the same thing as the one on amazon and not some cheap rip off brand, and if it will work just as well. the link is
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pepcid-AC-Maximum … dZViewItem

(btw if i'm not allowed to post links then i'm sorry and you may remove it)

anyway thanks a bunch, you guys have given me a lot of confidence that i can actually go out and socialise without all the embarresment of going red.

peace.

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

crocop65 wrote:

hey guys. just read through all 22 pages and am definately interested in buying this stuff now. just a couple of questions.

1. when i drink (especially beer) i throw up after 1 maybe 2 pints if i'm lucky, but i usually dont feel the slightest bit pissed when i puke. so i may wanna carry on drinking after i throw up cos i dont want everyone asking me why i've stopped drinking. so my question is that after i have puked, will the effect of the pepcid ac not work anymore as i may have puked it all out, and i would have to take another dose.

2. i live in the UK and want to take the pepcid ac max which is not available here. there is only one seller on ebay uk that sells this but the box lookes different to the one on amazon. so i was just wondering if someone could tell me if this is the same thing as the one on amazon and not some cheap rip off brand, and if it will work just as well. the link is
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pepcid-AC-Maximum … dZViewItem

(btw if i'm not allowed to post links then i'm sorry and you may remove it)

anyway thanks a bunch, you guys have given me a lot of confidence that i can actually go out and socialise without all the embarresment of going red.

peace.

Hey Crocop

well for your ebay item, i did buy some from Ebay from the US, and its legit. I bought mine for US$3.99 and psotage was US$6.00.  The bottle had one of the safety seals over it and when I opened it, the tablets are the pinky colour that i know they are. Customs did open my package thou!

Its really up to you if your prepared to buy them over the net, i mean cmon is only like 17 pounds. trust me once you use this pepcid stuff, you'll be like OMG!! this is fantastic!

My cousin got me a script for the pepcid, but here in Australia its called Pepcidine and they are 20mg and pinky colour too.

In regards to your first question... you are unlucky throwing up after 1-2 beers. hehe Ok well what you need to do is buy the pepcid stuff and try it out at home. I find that i can handle my alcohol a way of alot better by taking pepcid. I can drink a hell of a lot more and not get a hangover (except with wine, wine is deadly no matter what). So yes try it out at home and see if you throw up. You may be lucky and not throw up! But if you do... then I think yes you may have to take another dose. This stuff does work with your stomach acids and you have just thrown that all up.

Anyway good luck to you! and hope this works so that you can get wasted in public without going red.

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Hey guys

I know that in the past I've mentioned that perhaps those of you that throw up, can try something like Gaviscon as well as pepcid. Is Gavi an antacid?? A friend of mine who doesn't need pepcid takes Gavi to stop her from throwing up. This works for her.

However... if Gavi IS an antacid, I'm not sure if its a good idea to mix them. My famotidine bottle says not to mix with antacids, iron or calcium. I don't want any of yaz to get really sick...

I guess if you throw up, test yourself at home and see if the effects of the pepcid still work...  have another drink and see if you go red. If you do, you may need another hit of famo?

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hey guys thanks for the replies.

i'm surprised no one has mentioned champagne yet. whats everyones experience with this. ie. does it still make you go red despite taking pepcid like red wine does?

541 Reply by jonk970 (edited by jonk970 2006-09-08 22:17:37)

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I am one of the unlucky cacausians to have the asian flush. My entire moms side of the family is the same. I stumbled across this forum looking for a remedy. Because I am from Canada Pepcid Ac is readily avalible to me at every grocery store. I have never been able to drink socially because of my condition to alchohol. If I look at it wrong, my face turns red. I tryed taking 3, 10mg Pepicid Ac pills one hour before drinking. After one beer, which would usually turn me into a tomato I was perfectly fine. Pepcid Ac did the trick. Thank you to who ever figured/found this out. After my second beer I could feel myself getting bad. I looked in the mirror and found I was slightly red. I looked like I was just working out or holding my breath or something. Nothing nearly as bad as usual. I could not ask for a better result from Pepcide Ac. I am not going to be an alchoholic but I can now enjoy a social drink with friends and enjoy a glass of wine at special occasions. Its good reading other peoples stories. It is also interesting reading responses of people who do not have/ have never seen asian flush. With out a remedy, its not a "healthy glow" as I read earlier. Its simply impossible to have a drink.

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

crocop65 wrote:

hey guys thanks for the replies.

i'm surprised no one has mentioned champagne yet. whats everyones experience with this. ie. does it still make you go red despite taking pepcid like red wine does?

I drank a few glasses of Moet on holiday... didnt turn red with the pepcid, but i fell asleep like an hour later after drinking it. It made me just be overcome with tiredness.

crocop, have u tried the pepcid?

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I get a diarrhea when I drink alchohol with Pepcid AC. How about you guys?

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You're yanking our collective chain, aren't you?!
I don't suffer from the runs, but I do get funnier and much more interesting after I've had a few! ;)

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Dimples25 wrote:
crocop65 wrote:

hey guys thanks for the replies.

i'm surprised no one has mentioned champagne yet. whats everyones experience with this. ie. does it still make you go red despite taking pepcid like red wine does?

I drank a few glasses of Moet on holiday... didnt turn red with the pepcid, but i fell asleep like an hour later after drinking it. It made me just be overcome with tiredness.

crocop, have u tried the pepcid?

no i havent tried the pepcid yet. i ordered a box off ebay US and it usually takes about a week to deliver. should get it in the next few days. like some of you i will be doing some tests at home and i will post my results up here. hopefully the results will be as positive as some that i've read here.

thanks

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

Has anyone tried eating and drinking at the same time?  LIke what people with normal livers would do.....

It's just hard to go to a restaurant, order a drink, but not be able to drink it until youre finished the meal.

BTW when I went to Cuba this summer I took 1 20mg famotdine pill bout 30-60 mins before dinner, and then had drinks about 2 hours after and it was fine.  Almost every night too!

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Re: H2 Blockers (Tagamet, Pepcid, Zantac, Axid)

last nite went out to dinner.

took 1 20mg of famo at 7pm. Had a glass of white wine and a meal at around 8pm. I got red and a stuffy nose, but no rapid heartbeat. hmmm Maybe i should take back what i said about eating with the famo.

Probably best to do what u did Omega, that was my routine when i was on holiday and i was super fine.

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OMG this stuff actually works! as mentioned in a previous post, i would go beat red after about half a pint of beer, but after taking the pepcid i drank a full pint and 2 shots of vodka and was only slightly pink. i still had the beating heart but i can deal with that. cheers for all the advice guys, hopefully i can now drink without having to worry about how i would look in front of my friends. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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I think I'm done with Pepcid. Since I found this forum about a month ago, my drinking has gone up so much. With the redness gone, I didn't realize my tolerance would go up, which I initially thought  was a bonus. I used to have 3-4 beers, turn bright red and be finished for the night. Now with the pepcid, I can drink 4x that plus shots and wine and be semi-ok. I'm not a big guy, barely 5'7, anywhere b/t 122-130 lbs. Plus, I don't know how many of you are like this, but I can't drink on a full stomach. I always drink on an empty stomach, otherwise I feel like yakking immediately. My point is, I'm drinking all the time now. I've been drinking at work, which I never would have done in a million years before.  I lost a girlfriend recently cause she said I've been drinking too much.  If you can control your alcohol, that's great. I thought I could, but I've realized that I have to drink to excess. I drank 3 5ths of dewars (in a 1/2hr)yesterday and  9 beers overall. I miss days of work, and yesterday I walked into a tree. That sounds kind of funny, but It wasn't when it happened. I'm gonna try to go 1 week without 1 drink. I guess it's a blessing and a curse

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I'm from Australia where famotidine products are prescription medicines only. I went to a doctor to try and get a prescription for famotidine, but was shut down because I wanted famotidine for a purpose other than what it was intended for. For some reason I couldn't lie to the doctor (weird attack of conscience).

Anyway, I tried Zantac Extra Strength which is an over the counter drug here in Oz. 2 tablets, wait about 45 mins, and the effects of the Asian Blush are substantially reduced. I only get a little pink, not beet red, and more importantly the terrible headaches, racing heart, and cold feeling sensations after drinking are completely gone. I suffered terribly from these other problems (other than the redness) making drinking a real problem. For me, the redness was secondary to these other problems.

So, if you are having trouble getting famotidine, try Zantac Extra Strength. I don't know whether 2 tablets is a little extreme. But, it seems to be working for me. Aussies - definately try it if you can't get famotidine. It might help you too.

In the meantime, I've ordered some Pepcid AC off eBay. Will have to wait and see whether it gets through customs or not. Anyone else tried this successfully?

BTW - this website is sensational. So much good information.