ZANTAC 150 Reviews (RANITIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.1 (254 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZANTAC 150 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZANTAC 150 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Acid reflux | Chronic Constipation and nightmares at times. I use prune juice it is my new miracle drug. | F | 52 | 30 years 1X day | 7/14/2013 | 1 | stomach acid | I became dependent on the drug. See below. I also may have had trouble absorbing calcium and b vitamins. | Ranitidine and other H2 blockers, as well as proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole, are addictive according to a New York Times article in 2013. After doing some internet research following that article, I learned that the body, in its attempt to create enough acid to digest food, counteracts the acid inhibiting effects of these drugs by creating more acid receptors that create more acid, albeit diluted acid as a drug side effect. When you go off the meds, the acid returns to full strength, but this time around you have more receptors than ever, going full blast. The resulting pain leads people to go back on the meds, thinking they still need it, and the vicious cycle begins. I was on this cycle for 28 years. Now that I understand it, I have been able to go off very slowly, with a tiny bit of pain each time I go down a bit. Once I get used to the new dose I go down further. I'm now feeling better than ever. | F | 54 | 28 years 300 2X day | 12/28/2013 | 2 | Gerd | Losing my mind I got on anxiety medication and was very stressed then I realized maybe it's the rantidine and quit taking it now my symptoms are gone I thought I was dying. | M | 28 | 18 years 150 | 3/15/2019 | 2 | GERD | Where do I begin? ANXIETY and PANIC ATTACKS! Depression, tiredness, dehydration and constipation. Just a general feeling of not feeling or being well. | I originally began taking this medication because of nighttime GERD. I think in the beginning, I tolerated this poison. I started having small anxiety attacks and just thought it was the stress of daily life. Fast forward a few years and I now have full blown ANXIETY and PANIC ATTACKS. Depression is a daily battle. I have been to the doctor many times over the years and he said there is no way it could be the Zantac 150 causing it. He gave me Klonopin to kill the anxiety and panic attacks. Now I'm addicted to that! Long story short, STAY AWAY FROM THIS POISON! Think twice before believing your doctor when they say "it's safe and you shouldn't have any side effects". I am now trying desperately to find a way to get off of this stuff. My body is so used to having it, every time I try to taper, it's not successful. I'm on a hamster wheel and I can't get off. I was a happy, healthy father of two young kids and now I've missed most of their childhood because I "didn't feel good". Don't follow in my foot steps! | M | 55 | 12 years 150 2X day | 3/21/2019 | 5 | Food alway get caught in my throat | F | 10 years 150 | 3/28/2015 | 5 | Acid Reflux | None | I swear by this drug. It is the only thing that works for me. I have tried all the others but none have worked as well. | M | 31 | 10 years | 10/15/2005 | 2 | Heartburn | I started out only taking 1 and over the years it has esculated to 4 tab 4 times a day I saw on the news last week that the heartburn pills can cause heart problems I have been having heart palpations left and right sided chest pain and I find after eating I have to clear my throat it feels like I'm congested and I done smoke.. I really never linked it to 5he stomach pills but I have to take something I have alternated the pills so I don't have to take so many in a day if I don't take something I will start vomiting blood and done have to eat or drink anything is awful. | F | 42 | 10 years 600 mg | 6/16/2015 | 3 | Acid reflux/GERD | Ringing in ears and vertigo. Rebound acid upon stopping. Other side effects may be attributable to Zantac. | I took 1-2 150mg ranitidine starting with acid reflux during pregnancy. I had to continue taking because every time I tried to stop I had horrible acid. Notices ringing in ears, followed by dizziness and never attributed it to the medication. Read about side effects after a recent doctors appt which provided no explanation for dizziness. decided to stop cold turkey. I had 4 or 5 days of awful acid, burning throat, sour stomach, belching. And now 2 weeks later no acid, no dizziness and no ringing. I also feel better overall. Who knows what other problems it was causing. The stuff works, though. Turns out I just haven't actually needed it. | F | 35 | 5 years 150 | 3/19/2017 | 1 | HEARTBURN | PANCRECREATIS 8 CASES 1 EACH YEAR AFTER TAKING PILL 1 HR BEFORE ATTACKS. STOPPED TAKING NO MORE PANCRECREATIS | info from mfg. says possible but very rare. used by iv to treat pancuras. | M | 72 | 5 years | 7/22/2009 | 4 | Acid reflux | None that I know of. | This is the only med I've taken that seems to consistently help with acid reflux. It's not perfect. I have flair ups but taking it twice a day keeps it mostly controlled, to the point I don't feel like my throat is on fire all the time. I've tired other meds...tagament, prevacid, aciphex and they either don't work at all or stop working after a short time. This one works for me. And honestly it seems like the generic form I buy cheap from Target works better than the name brand. Go figure. | F | 31 | 4 years 150 2X day | 10/23/2010 | 2 | heartburn acid reflux | LIKE ALL THESE MEDICATIONS ZANTAC RANIDYNE GENERIC BRAND AT 150MG IS FOR SHORT TERM USE ONLY ! IV BEEN ON THIS MED FOR OVER 4 YEARS AT 150 TWICE A DAY!!!PER MY QUACK DOCTOR REQUEST! WITH LONG TERM USE OF THIS INSANE DRUG I STARTED HAVEING BAD BACK PAINS,FELT LIGHT HEADED!HAD LOWER TRACT PAINS AND GAS BUILD UP. AND FELT SICK.. | THIS DRUG CAN CAUSE UNWANTED SIDE EFFECTS WITH DAILY USEAGE AND LONG TERM USE! IT IS NOT MENT FOR LONG TERM USEAGE. THIS WORKS THREW THE KIDNEYS AND LIVER, BETTER TO TAKE A ANTI ACID THAT WORKS IN THE STOMACH AREA. SHORT TERM THIS MIGHT BE FINE TO USE. BUT STOP AFTER A FEW WEEKS! IV HAD SO MENY SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS DRUG THAT SENT ME TO THE DOCTOR 5 OR 6 TIMES ! IM OFF THE STUFF NOW - TAKEING NATURAL MEDS FOR MY REFLUX PROBLEM -HEY NO SIDE EFFECTS OR PAINS ANYMORE! I DONT GET TRAPPED GAS ANYMORE ! WHAT A CHANGE!! PLEASE BE CAREFULL ON THIS MEDICATION IT CAN HARM YOU ! THE LESS YOU TAKE IT THE BETTER FOR YOU... | M | 45 | 4 years | 2/16/2007 | 1 | acid reflux | cramping, fatigue, insomnia, bloating, gas, and not sure about it but convinced I have some kind of damage to my leg, general body ache | I started acid reflux treatment with Ranitidine but started getting brain pains... not unlike an ice cream headache... my doctor put me on nexium for my acid reflux and after a year or so I started to have issues with that too.... I was having difficulty with my lower leg/calf and foot (among other standard issues gas bloating etc)- my leg from knee to ankle lost partial feeling and then I started having cramps. Needless to say I stopped taking it. The cramps went away but I have permanent damage to my leg below the knee and to my toes... less sensation... just feels different from my other leg and has never improved. also have plantar faciitus. I started using over the counter zantac in low dosages... seemed to help the reflux and no brain pain... since it has ranitidine in it I figured maybe it is a dosage thing and long term reaction so I limited when I took the medication to when I was desperate and that helped... but... recently started getting the cramps in my leg again. I also have a general body ache... feels like I am aging (I am 44 but feel like I am a lot older) - my joints seem affected - I think I have always had issues with my joints but I think taking the proton pump inhibitors somehow causes acceleration of body aging... makes worse any bone issues like arthritis etc... cant prove it but I suspect it. the drug works but I am concerned about long term use | M | 44 | 3 years 150 1X day | 7/27/2014 | 4 | acid reflux | In the beginning I felt a bit more tired than usual. Now it doesn't seem to bother me that much. | F | 54 | 2 years | 5/11/2009 | 4 | Erosive gastritis | Lower heart rate, dizziness | F | 30 | 2 years 150 | 6/2/2019 | 3 | Gerd and Gastritis | Muscle twitching (crawling/pulsating feeling under my skin) all over my body, heart palpitations (PVCs/PACs), gas and mild sleepiness. | This medication worked well for my gerd and gastritis. The side effects took 3-4 months to kick in. It took me several months to taper off this medication and I am no longer on it. Lowering the dose temporarily worsened my gastric symptoms but after a week or two the rebound effects went away. | F | 29 | 2 years 150mg 2X day | 5/23/2014 | 2 | Acid reflux | This is awful every time i take this medicine i get strange heart palpitations and my left arm gets numb. But if i go off it and take tums no heart problems nothing so looks like ill just go to tums. | F | 22 | 2 years 150 | 4/12/2016 | 1 | GERD | Muscular pain, anxiety, changes in blood pressure, bowel irregularity | I think over time my liver could not process the drug fast enough. I could not figure what was making me feel so poorly. I decided to stop the drug and treat my gerd some other way. I have to tell you; I feel great for the first time in a long time. | M | 54 | 2 years | 12/19/2007 | 5 | Allergies, IBS | NONE, except at times a ringing in the ears which could have been caused by ranitidine | My doctor prescribed zantac as a beta blocker for my allergies, she said it would also help with my stomach problems. Let me just tell you what my life was like before I started taking zantac: I lived in fear of eating anything, and I LOVE all food. For many years I suffered with stomach issues, it got to the point where after I ate just about anything (no matter the amount) I would have diarrhea, or feel so sick to my stomach I would be hunched over in pain. After I would use the restroom I would have a burning sensation down there that would last for at least 30 minutes, sometimes I would have to lie down it would cause me so much pain. After starting on zantac twice a day, ALL OF THIS CEASED. I realized then how bad my stomach problems actually were. I could eat whatever I wanted again, and drink coffee again, and now I only feel sick to my stomach when I actually AM SICK. Zantac saved my life!! | F | 21 | 1 years | 12/20/2009 | 5 | Reflux, heartburn | None - I take 75mg at bedtime | Very effective at low dose | M | 51 | 1 years 75 mg 1X day | 7/22/2015 | 5 | Heartburn, acid reflux | Heartburn relief | No more than 15 to 20 minutes after taking one tablet per day I get almost immediate relief from my heart burn I've been taking a little over a year now and I'm very pleased with this product I've never had to use more than one and I've never experienced any side effects other than the relief of heartburn pain thanks zantac you're the best | M | 21 | 1 years | 8/14/2015 |