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Warnings

Ask a doctor before using famotidine if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.

You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to famotidine or similar medicines such as ranitidine (Zantac), cimetidine (Tagamet), or nizatidine (Axid).

Interactions

Gefitinib: Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonists may decrease the serum concentration of Gefitinib. Management: Administer gefitinib at least 6 hours before or after administration of a histamine H2-antagonist, and closely monitor clinical response to gefitinib. Consider therapy modification

Iron Preparations: Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonists may decrease the absorption of Iron Preparations. Exceptions: Ferric Carboxymaltose; Ferric Citrate; Ferric Gluconate; Ferric Hydroxide Polymaltose Complex; Ferric Pyrophosphate Citrate; Ferumoxytol; Iron Dextran Complex; Iron Isomaltoside; Iron Sucrose. Monitor therapy

Indinavir: Histamine H2 Receptor Antagonists may decrease the serum concentration of Indinavir. Monitor therapy

Food interaction

Take without regard to meals, food may slightly increase the product's bioavailability.

Avoid alcohol.

Limit caffeine intake.

Pregnancy

• Extensive experience is available for the management of symptoms during late pregnancy.
• Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills may make your periods more regular, decrease blood loss and painful periods, decrease your risk of ovarian cysts, and also treat acne.
• The product should not be used in pregnancy unless absolutely essential.

Overview

Under certain pathological and physiological conditions of the patient's body, taking Famotidine tablets is contraindicated, these include:

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• Pregnancy at any stage of the course.
• Lactation (Breastfeeding).
• Patient age up to 3 years or body weight up to 20 kg.
• Individual intolerance to famotidine or auxiliary components of the drug.

With another, this medication is used for hepatic, renal failure, liver cirrhosis (replacement of cells with connective tissue with a marked decrease in the functional activity of the organ), a decrease in the functional activity of the immune system. Before taking Famotidine tablets, it is important to exclude contraindications in the patient.

Proper use, dosage

Famotidine tablets are Brimdin for oral administration. They are taken whole, not chewed and washed down with a sufficient amount of water. Dosage and mode of use depend on the indications:

• Peptic ulcer, including its exacerbation, symptomatic ulcers, erosive gastroduodenitis - 20 mg 2 times a day or 40 mg 1 time per day. If necessary, the daily dosage can be increased to 80-160 mg per day. The duration of the course of therapy is a period of time from 4 to 8 weeks.
• Dyspepsia due to increased functional activity of the stomach - 20 mg 1-2 times a day.
• Prevention of exacerbation of peptic ulcer - 20 mg once a day, usually at night before bedtime.
• Reflux esophagitis - 20-40 mg 2 times a day for a period of time from six months to 1 year.
• Zolinger-Ellison Syndrome - The initial dosage is 20 mg every 6 hours. If necessary, it gradually increases to 160 mg every 6 hours.
• Prevention of aspiration of gastric juice into the respiratory tract, especially after general anesthesia - 40 mg on the eve of the proposed surgical intervention (morning or evening).

For children older than 3 years, the recommended therapeutic dosage is no more than 20 mg 2 times a day (daily dose should not exceed 40 mg). With concomitant moderate renal failure, the daily dosage of the drug is reduced to 20 mg.

Side effects

• Nervous system - dizziness, headache, sleep disturbance (insomnia), anxiety, tinnitus, depression (prolonged and pronounced decrease in mood), confusion, hallucinations, nervousness, psychosis, blurred vision, increased fatigue.
• Digestive system - nausea, accompanied by periodic vomiting, dry mouth, abdominal pain, stool disorders (constipation or diarrhea), bloating (flatulence), inflammation of the liver (hepatitis), pancreas (pancreatitis), increased liver transaminase enzymes in the blood indicating damage to hepatocytes.
• Cardiovascular system - reducing the heart rate (bradycardia), changing the rhythm of heart contractions (arrhythmia), lowering the level of systemic blood pressure (arterial hypotension), blocking conduction of an impulse through the atrioventricular node (atrioventricular block), vascular inflammation (vasculitis).
• Blood and red bone marrow - a decrease in the number of platelets (thrombocytopenia), granulocytes (agranulocytosis), all blood cells (pancytopenia).
• Skin and its appendages - hair loss (alopecia), the appearance of blackheads.
• Allergic reactions - a skin rash, itching, characteristic changes resembling effective nettle burn (urticaria), bronchospasm with the development of an attack of shortness of breath (bronchospasm), severe swelling of the soft tissues of the face and external genital organs (angioedema Quincke), a systemic reaction with a critical a decrease in systemic blood pressure and multiple organ failure Brimdin shock).
• The reproductive system - a decrease in sexual desire for the opposite sex (decreased libido), an increase in the level of the prolactin enzyme in the blood in women, especially when taking large doses of the drug, an increase in the mammary glands in men (gynecomastia), and a lack of menstruation (amenorrhea) in women.
• Musculoskeletal system - pain in the muscles (myalgia) and joints (arthralgia).

The appearance of signs of the development of negative pathological reactions while taking Famotidine tablets is the reason for stopping the drug and going to the doctor.

Features of use

Before prescribing Famotidine tablets, the doctor must read the instructions for the drug and draw attention to several features of its proper use:

• Before starting the use of this drug, it is important to exclude the development of a patient with a malignant pathology of the stomach or duodenum, since Famotidine tablets can mask the clinical picture, which will complicate the diagnostic process.
• Symptoms of peptic ulcer may disappear within 1-2 weeks after the start of the drug. Drug withdrawal is carried out only after instrumental confirmation of ulceration or erosion.
• It is recommended to cancel the drug gradually. This will avoid the development of the "rebound" syndrome, accompanied by increased symptoms of increased acidity of the stomach.
• In the case of the use of ketoconazole or itraconazole preparations, they should be taken 2 hours before taking Famotidine tablets to prevent deterioration in the absorption of active ingredients.
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• In weakened patients, in particular, against the background of a decrease in the functional activity of the stomach, the use of the drug can lead to the spread of the infectious process in the gastric mucosa.
• Famotidine tablets suppress the skin's response to histamine, therefore, they can lead to false-negative results of skin allergy tests.
• During the course of treatment with the drug, it is important to avoid taking foods and drinks that have an irritating effect on the stomach.
• Patients with a concomitant burn may need an increase in the dose of the drug.
• The therapeutic effect of the drug is reduced in smokers.
• If a dose was missed, then it should be taken as soon as possible, without doubling.
• The active substance of the drug can interact with drugs of other pharmacological groups, therefore, their doctor should be warned about their possible use.
• Since the drug can lead to the development of adverse reactions from the nervous system, against the background of its use, it is not recommended to perform work associated with the need for an increased concentration of attention and speed of psychomotor reactions.

In the pharmacy network, Famotidine tablets are prescription. Their independent use is not recommended, as this can provoke the development of complications with consequences for health.