Follow the directions on your prescription or the package label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take ranitidine exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Dissolve ranitidine effervescent tablets and granules in a full glass 6 to 8 ounces [ to milliliters] of water before drinking. Do not take over-the-counter ranitidine for longer than 2 weeks unless your doctor tells you to.
If symptoms of heartburn, acid indigestion, or sour stomach last longer than 2 weeks, stop taking ranitidine and call your doctor.
Ranitidine is also used sometimes to treat upper gastrointestinal bleeding and to prevent stress ulcers, stomach damage from use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs , and aspiration of stomach acid during anesthesia.
Talk to your doctor about the risks of using this medication for your condition. This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. Ranitidine may cause other side effects.
Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication. Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture not in the bathroom.
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily.
To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location — one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach. In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at Talk with doctor as soon as possible about how best to treat your condition. Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction : hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. Many drugs can affect ranitidine. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Not all possible interactions are listed here.
Tell your doctor about all your current medicines and any medicine you start or stop using. Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.
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Ranitidine Hydrochloride slide 9 of 32, Ranitidine Hydrochloride,. It's not yet known whether it will be available again in future. Ranitidine is a medicine that reduces the amount of acid your stomach makes.
It was used for indigestion , heartburn and acid reflux , gastro-oesophageal reflux disease GORD — this is when you keep getting acid reflux , and to prevent and treat stomach ulcers.
Talk to your doctor if you have indigestion, or heartburn and acid reflux.
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