FAMOTIDINE, CALCIUM, AND MAGNESIUM

(fam OH ti deen, KAL see um, mag NEE see um) Brand: Dual Action Complete, Pepcid Complete

What is the most significant information I must know about famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• Heartburn can be confused with early symptoms of heart onslaught. Search abnormal medical attention if you have chest pain or hard feeling, dizziness, pain spreading to the hand or shoulder, sweating, nausea or vomiting, and a common ill feeling.

• You must not use this medicine if you have trouble swallowing, vomiting with blood, bloody or tarry stools, or if you are allergic to famotidine or similar medications such as ranitidine (Zantac), cimetidine (Tagamet), or nizatidine (Axid).

• Ask a doctor or pharmacist about using famotidine, calcium, and magnesium if you have nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, unusual weight loss, wheezing or trouble breathing when you have heartburn, or if you have had heartburn for longer than 3 months.

• Do not use more than two tablets in 24 hours.

• Stop using famotidine, calcium, and magnesium if stomach pain continues or if you need to take this product for more than 14 days. You may have a more serious stomach condition that requires various treatment.

What is famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• Famotidine is in a group of drugs called histamine-2 blockers. Famotidine works by decreasing the amount of acid the stomach produces.

• Calcium and magnesium are naturally occurring minerals that neutralize acid in the stomach.

• The combination of famotidine, calcium, and magnesium is used to relieve heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach.

• Famotidine, calcium, and magnesium may also be used for conditions another than those listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till taking famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• You must not use this medicine if you have:

· trouble swallowing;

· vomiting with blood;

· black, bloody, or tarry stools;

· if you are allergic to famotidine or similar medications such as ranitidine (Zantac), cimetidine (Tagamet), or nizatidine (Axid).

• Ask a doctor or pharmacist about using famotidine, calcium, and magnesium if you have:

· nausea, vomiting, or stomach pain;

· unusual weight loss;

· wheezing or trouble breathing when you have heartburn; or

· if you have had heartburn for longer than 3 months.

• If you have any of these conditions, you may not be able to used famotidine, calcium, and magnesium, or you need a doze adjustment or particular trials during treatment.

• It is not known whether famotidine, calcium, and magnesium is deleterious to an unborn child. Till taking this medicine, speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.

• Famotidine, calcium, and magnesium may pass into breast milk and could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

• Do not use this medicine to treat a baby younger than 12 years of age.

How must I take famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• Use this medicine exactly as directed on the label, or as predesigned by your doctor. Do not use it in larger amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow your doctor's instructions.

• The chewable tablet should be chewed thoroughly till swallowing.

• The normal doze of famotidine, calcium, and magnesium is one tablet as needed, up to twice for day.

• Do not use more than two tablets in 24 hours.

• In addition to taking this medicine, another tips for managing heartburn include:

· Do not lie flat or bend over soon after eating.

· Do not ate late at night, or just till bedtime.

· Ate slowly and do not ate large meals.

· If you smoke, quit smoking.

· If you are overweight, lose weight.

· Raise the read of your bed.

· Wear loose fitting clothing near your stomach.

• Determined foods or drinks are more likely to reason heartburn, such as chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, some fruits and vegetables, and wealthy, spicy, fatty, or fried foods.

• Store famotidine, calcium, and magnesium at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Take the missed doze as soon as you remember. If it is nearly time for your following doze, wait before then to take the medication and skip the missed doze. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medicine.

• Overdose symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, quick heart course, or fainting.

What must I avoid while taking famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• Do not take famotidine, calcium, and magnesium together with regular famotidine (Pepcid, Pepcid AC, Pepcid RPD) or other acid reducer; or

What are the possible side effects of famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.

• Stop taking this medicine and call your doctor at once if:

· your heartburn gets worse; or

· you still have heartburn after 2 weeks of taking famotidine, calcium, and magnesium.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect famotidine, calcium, and magnesium?

• Speak your doctor about all another medications you use. Famotidine, calcium, and magnesium can create it harder for your body to absorb determined drugs. Your another medications may not work as well if you take them with famotidine, calcium, and magnesium.

• There may be another drugs that can interact with famotidine, calcium, and magnesium. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about famotidine, calcium, and magnesium.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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