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What is Pepcid AC?

PEPCID® Maximum Strength AC® is an over the counter brand of famotidine, a drug used to prevent and treat heartburn due to 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_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 4 0
Acid reflux 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Support digestive health 2 0
Nausea 1 0
Pain 1 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  10mg as needed 20mg as needed mg as needed 1 tab(s) daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 60 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pepcid AC (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Expense 1   Expense: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%

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

Currently Taking Pepcid AC

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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
0

Stopped Taking Pepcid AC

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pepcid AC

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pepcid AC

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pepcid AC

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 100%
< $25
 0 0%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.