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 |
| 3 | Gastritis | Pressure in head .sore dry throat and thirst | F | 58 | 1 days 1 | 6/28/2014 | 1 | Gastritis | HORRIBLE DRUG! Dried me up so bad I could not swollow. I drank and drank water all night but was still dry. Heart palpitations, sever constipation, did NOT help my gastritis. COULD NOT BREATH! Kept stopping breathing. Could NOT SLEEP ALL DAY AND NIGHT OR I WOULD STOP BREATHING! Stuffed up my nose. Felt like I was choking! | F | 60 | 1 days 40 | 6/8/2014 | 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 | 3 | gerd | Gas bloating anxiety slight headache | F | 39 | 1 days | 5/14/2014 | 1 | As an H2 blocker for Hives | anxiety bordering on panic, severe dry mouth and nasal passages, agitation and slight confusion | I was prescribed Zantac 150 2X day along with allegra for dealing with chronic hives. I've taken Zantac at lower doses and had not experienced anything like this. Out of the blue I started feeling confused and panicky. Dr. thinks while rare, I may be having an adverse reaction to the Zantac at this dosage. Day two of no meds and feeling a bit better but was prescribed Xanax to use if necessary for the anxiety/panic while I stop taking the Zantac. I woke up today feeling better and thought I was in the clear but by noon, I needed a half dose of the Xanax. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. They are also checking my thyroid so there is a chance it's not the zantac 150. | F | 45 | 7 days 150 2X day | 5/14/2014 | 3 | heartburn | Stops heartburn but gives me major nausea and stomach pain. Feels like I am getting a stomach flu. Also experienced anxiety and the occasional nighmare. | F | 33 | 1 months 150 | 4/6/2014 | 1 | Acid reflux | Anxiety, constipation, weakness, leg pain, nightmares, vision problems | So happy I happened upon this forum. I've been taking zantac for a week and haven't felt like myself at all. Seriously almost went to ER b/c of it. Stopped taking this today and I've read withdrawal is almost worse than the side affects but anything has to be better than the last week. Do not take this drug! | F | 37 | 6 days 150 1X day | 3/22/2014 | 1 | acid reflux | Terrible! Dizziness stomach pain ringing in ears nervousness | F | 44 | 5 days 159 | 1/25/2014 | 3 | Gerd | Pain in legs and arms. Dry eyes pains traveling the body. Vivid dreams pains in chest muscles | M | 30 | 2 weeks 150x2 a d | 1/24/2014 | 1 | Gerd | Horrible anxiety! | F | 44 | 1 days 150 mg | 1/18/2014 | 1 | GERD in pregnancy | Dry heaving and sick to stomach feeling | Was taking losec(Prilosec) that also made me Ill, so switch to over the counter Zantac and I have not slept all night I felt great yesterday when not on either. I am going natural to deal with this. Made me jumpy too. | F | 34 | 1 days 75mg 2X day | 1/7/2014 | 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 | 4 | GERD | Nightmares | I have found that taking a generic (Sainsbury's) ranitidine 75mg around 8pm in the evening gives me relief from heartburn for around 24 hours. If I forget to take it I will wake up around 2am with severe heartburn so I am confident it is doing something. Very low cost, around £1 for 12 tablets. I have seen my doctor who says it is OK to keep teking it, but to go back and see her if anything changes, they may decide to do an internal endoscope examination. But for now I'm happy to carry on with the single daily dose. | M | 56 | 60 days 75mg 1X day | 11/20/2013 | 3 | gerd, gastritis,hiatal hernia & LPR | occassional nausea, bloating, severe constipation, breakthrough reflux | F | 56 | 1 years 300mg BID | 9/22/2013 | 3 | ulcers | Chest pains | F | 60 | 3 days 150 | 8/21/2013 | 3 | Acid Reflux | Lose stools, Belching , feeling bloated and sick a lot of the time almost seems as when I go to the loo food is only partly digested. | It certainly does its job I would rather the symptoms I can cope with them a lot better than the Acid Reflux pain | M | 26 | 7 days 150mg 2X day | 8/4/2013 Patient History | 3 | Gastritis | None | Didn't seem to do much, good or bad. I took it as prescribed and still found that I couldn't eat most "solid" foods without nausea, discomfort, or pain. I'm not sure that this drug helped me, as it's possible I might have just healed on my own. It's possible that it helped, though, and my gastritis did go away. It just took a long time. | F | 19 | 20 days 3X day | 7/21/2013 | 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 | GRD | Bad vomiting hand tremor loss of appetite swelling feet and legs sore throat I only took that long then couldnt stand continual sickness | As I have suffered with this for a long time I was hoping Zantac would work.ITS NOT. | F | 66 | 8 days 150 2X day | 5/9/2013 | 3 | Acid reflux | Hand tremor, sore dry eyes,dizzy feeling,headacke,very sore muscles. | Zantac works about 70% for acid reflex but I don't know if its worth all the side effects. | M | 69 | 2X day | 5/5/2013 |