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What is Pepcid?

Pepcid® is a brand name of prescription strength famotidine, a histamine-2 receptor antagonist drug that acts by inhibiting gastric acid secretion. It is used to prevent and treat heartburn caused by excess stomach acid.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Heartburn 11 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Acid reflux 11 2 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 4 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel irritability 4 0
Support digestive health 3 0
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 2 0

See all 38 patients currently taking Pepcid

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Reported Dosages

  1mg as needed 20mg as needed 40mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg/5 mL daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily 2 x 40 mg/5 mL daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pepcid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 33%
Other 2   Other: 33%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 33%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 17%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Pepcid

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pepcid

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Pepcid

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pepcid

Always
 2 29%
Usually
 3 43%
Sometimes
 1 14%
Never
 1 14%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pepcid

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 14%
Not at all
 6 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pepcid

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.