Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially mental/mood changes (such as confusion), seizure, or unusual tiredness. During pregnancy, famotidine should be used ...

There was no difference in baseline medication use between the groups ... Among patients taking aspirin, the use of 12 weeks of famotidine 20 mg twice daily is beneficial. This therapy reduced ...

I’ve had acid reflux problems all of my life. I had to have Rolaids in my pocket until my primary care doctor prescribed ...

I see patients very frequently who have been on PPIs for years, sometimes without knowing even why they are taking them.

The most common causes of a cough that lasts as long as yours are reflux, postnasal drip and asthma. The ENT can almost always diagnose postnasal drip with an endoscopy. However, I suspect something ...

PPIs are powerful medicines that prevent the acid-secreting cells in your stomach from making stomach acid. Even if a person ...

You make a compelling case that metoprolol is a major cause of your cough now, but I don’t think it’s the only one.

I am a 71-year-old male in good health. I read your recent column on the use of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). About eight years ago, I was hospitalized for 10 days due to a severe case of ...

Amitriptyline is the only drug that I thought ... I also reduced the amitriptyline to 20 mg at night, and the cough is still gone. My next step will be to wean off Pepcid and amitriptyline and ...

I had to have Rolaids in my pocket until my primary care doctor prescribed famotidine ... my primary doctor reduced it to 20 mg a day. My symptoms are still good, and I’m still on it after ...