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Ranitidine: Uses, Effects & Safety

Ranitidine is a drug that reduces stomach acid and is used to treat conditions where there is too much acid such as ulcers and GERD. It comes in prescription and over-the-counter forms, including tablets and liquids. Ranitidine works by blocking histamine receptors in the stomach. Common side effects include headaches and gastrointestinal issues. Serious side effects can impact the liver, brain, and heart rate. Dosage may be adjusted for those with kidney disease.

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Ranitidine: Uses, Effects & Safety

Ranitidine is a drug that reduces stomach acid and is used to treat conditions where there is too much acid such as ulcers and GERD. It comes in prescription and over-the-counter forms, including tablets and liquids. Ranitidine works by blocking histamine receptors in the stomach. Common side effects include headaches and gastrointestinal issues. Serious side effects can impact the liver, brain, and heart rate. Dosage may be adjusted for those with kidney disease.

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What is ranitidine?

Ranitidine is a drug that’s available in a prescription form and an over-the-counter form. Prescription
ranitidine comes as an oral tablet, oral capsule, or oral syrup.

Ranitidine oral tablet is available as the brand-name drug Zantac. All prescription forms are available as
generic drugs. Generic drugs usually cost less. In some cases, they may not be available in every strength
or form as the brand-name version.

Why it’s used

Ranitidine is used to treat several conditions, including:

intestinal and stomach ulcers

gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

erosive esophagitis

conditions where your stomach makes too much acid, such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Ranitidine may be used as part of a combination therapy. This means you may need to take it with other
medications.

Ranitidine is typically used for short-term treatment, especially for GERD. If you’re taking this drug for
other conditions, you may need long-term treatment. You may need to take it for several weeks or
months.

How it works

Ranitidine works by reducing the amount of acid in your stomach. It belongs to a class of drugs called
histamine receptor antagonists. A class of drugs is a group of medications that work in a similar way.
These drugs are often used to treat similar conditions.
Ranitidine side effects

Ranitidine oral tablet may cause drowsiness as well as other side effects.

More common side effects

The more common side effects of ranitidine oral tablet can include:

headache

constipation

diarrhea

nausea and vomiting

stomach discomfort or pain

If these effects are mild, they may go away within a few days or a couple of weeks. If they’re more severe
or don’t go away, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

Serious side effects

Call your doctor right away if you have serious side effects. Call 911 if your symptoms feel life-
threatening or if you think you’re having a medical emergency. Serious side effects and their symptoms
can include:

inflammation of your liver, with symptoms such as:

yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes

tiredness

dark urine

stomach pain

changes in your brain function, with symptoms such as:

confusion

agitation

depression

hallucinations (seeing or hearing something that isn’t there)


blurry vision

abnormal heart rate, with symptoms such as:

fast heart rate

tiredness

shortness of breath

Special considerations

If you have moderate or severe kidney disease, your doctor may start you on 150 mg taken once per day.
They may increase your dosage to twice per day.

dimethylamine hcl.

Dimethylamine hydrochloride has been used in the preparation of


hexamethylmelamine-methyl-14C. It has also been used to prepare the
standard solution of methylamine (MA), dimethylamine (DMA),
trimethylamine (TMA), and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) while
determing methylamines and trimethylamine-N-oxide in particulate
matter.

furfuryl alcohol...

Furfuryl alcohol is an organic compound containing a furan substituted


with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a colorless liquid, but aged samples
appear amber. It possesses a faint odor of burning and a bitter taste. It
is miscible with but unstable in water. It is soluble in common organic
solvents.[4]

chloroform ...

Also known as trichloromethane. A chlorinated hydrocarbon (CHC) that


historically was generated as a byproduct in the production of other
CHCs on the BIP. It can also be generated in the aquifer by the
degradation of CTC as well as by the reaction of chlorine derived from
the degradation of other volatile CHCs with naturally-occurring organic
matter within the aquifer.

peraformaldehyde...

ALDER paraformaldehyde is a white solid low molecular weight polymer


of formaldehyde available in the form of free flowing flakes.

It contains 89-91% of formaldehyde and 9-11% of water.

Like formaldehyde in aqueous solution, it is very reactive and


depolimerizes readily under conventional processing conditions. It is
easy to obtain a formaldehyde solution by simply dissolving
paraformaldehyde in hot water.

DCC catalyst ...

N,N'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide is an organic compound with the


chemical formula C13H22N2 whose primary use is to couple amino
acids during artificial peptide synthesis. Under standard conditions, it
exists in the form of white crystals with a heavy, sweet odor. The low
melting point of this material allows it to be melted for easy handling. It
is highly soluble in dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile and
dimethylformamide, but insoluble in water. The compound is often
abbreviated as DCC, DCCD or DCCI.

NMSM....

(E) N-methyl-1-(methylthio)-2-nitroethenamine) (NMSM) may be used


for the following syntheses:

• pyrano2,3-cpyrazol-6-amines

6-methoxy-N-methyl-3-nitro-4-nitromethyl-4H-chromen-2-amine
IPA

What is Isopropyl Alcohol?

Are you prone to getting minor cuts and wounds? If you are, then you
must be no stranger to using rubbing alcohol. It is a must-have in our
first aid kits, as well as in our medicine cabinets. Isopropyl alcohol is
most popularly known as the alcohol that is used in rubbing alcohol.
Aside from this, isopropyl alcohol has other uses, which we will discuss
later on.

Isopropyl alcohol, also referred to as isopropanol, is a colorless and


flammable liquid, and if you have smelled rubbing alcohol, then you
know how isopropyl alcohol smells. It is also a volatile liquid, so when
its container is left open, it evaporates quickly.

cystophur base.

Aceto pharma offers a wide range of products under USA subsidiary


which includes cystofur base.

charcoal ....... .......


Charcoal is the lightweight black carbon

and ash residue hydrocarbon produced by removing water and other


volatile

constituents from animal and vegetation

substances

Charcoal is usually produced

by slow pyrolysis — the heating of wood or

other substances in the absence of

oxygen (see char and biochar). The

advantage of using charcoal instead of

just burning wood is the removal of the


water and other components, which allows

charcoal to burn to a higher temperature,

and the fact that the product of its

combustion is mainly carbon dioxide,

resulting in very little smoke (regular wood

gives off a good amount of steam and

unburnt carbon particles - soot - in its

smoke).

Chloroform..........

Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an
organic compound with formula CHCl3

. It

is a colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid

that is produced on a large scale as a

precursor to PTFE. It is also a precursor to

various refrigerants.

[4] It is one of the four

chloromethanes and a trihalomethane. It

once was used as an anesthetic.

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