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Reviewer: TESS, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I TAKE IT FOR A WEEK ONLY BUT WHAT A RELIEF ! I TAKE ONE TABLET BEFORE BED AND EAT CLEAN ,ORGANIC DIET. THIS ISA FIRST TIME IN FEW YEARS WHEN I SLEP SEVEN HOURS AND WOKE UP RESTED.
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Reviewer: Harry Pielsqx2rzs, 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This medication works best when used before you eat problem foods. I asked my doctor to prescribe it when I read that Nexium and Prilosec may endanger the kidneys. Ranitidine is not as effective as the others. I hope they will find a safe and effective treatment at some point.
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Reviewer: JLB, 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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For me, at 150mg, it's very effective controlling heartburn in place of PPI's, which one must take only in limited time frames and which pose serious potential side effects. But I'm also concerned about longterm effects of ranitidine use. I plan to consult my doctor about this.
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Reviewer: Abrasama, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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My doctor gave me this to try to help with the heartburn I had developed from apparent GERD, while it did help my heartburn at night while I slept, I noticed it caused me to have more heartburn overall and more frequently, if I missed a dose I would get severe heartburn. Until now I only had heartburn while laying down, now I have heartburn all the time. I wanted to have less heartburn, not take
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Reviewer: nickelbassin, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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after several years I was having sencetive and painful nipples having bean on so manny drugs it had taken my nephrologist a long time to come to realize it was the ranadidine causing it and swiched medication all good now
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