FAMOTIDINE vs NIZATIDINE

Hi so I'm crying right now because I recently just had my first stool test and blood test for food intolerances after four years of severe IBS symptoms. I was diagnosed yesterday evening with a severe case of C Diff (to the point where I have extensive colon and intestinal damage and am on the verge

**EDIT: I should have been much more clear in my language; I don't think I'm cured of anything, I have only had my symptoms reduced to essentially nothing from where they were previously (I took tums or famotidine 1-2/day to control what I would call mild to moderate acid reflux symptoms).** **I'm v

Still so surreal. I was just another sub member for years, trying everything under the sun for GERD and slowly losing hope. Till I had none. Like many of you, I went through the whole gauntlet - endless tests, endoscopies, pH tests, you name it. When surgery finally became my only option, I was unea

Hi everyone, Just wanted to share something I wish I'd known earlier: I was on esomeprazole (40mg daily) for over 15 years. No one warned me about long-term side effects, especially around nutrient absorption. Over time I developed severe fatigue, brain fog, and eventually iron deficiency anaemia.

Summary of my experience as some tips for LPR sufferers!!! Hey everyone I just came back from my ENT and I finally got diagnosed with LPR!!! It’s been months of me trying to get a doctor to believe me and finally, and ENT at Brigham and women’s hospital in boston Massachusetts diagnosed me. Her name

I’ve been a 25+ year user of omeprazole 10mg daily low dose. Suffer from hiatal hernia, gastritis, GERD, etc. Even with the daily dose of my PPI, I would still get flare ups and the sensation of a ball stuck in my esophagus. It’s been a battle, a very painful one. After recent studies, I decided to

Hi, I'm suffering from gastritis and GERD for about a month, and was prescribed PPI 40mg a day. My symptoms include tight chest pain, sore throat, the feeling of lump in the throat as well as the upper stomach pain, almost like someone punched my stomach. Since I started the medication, I cut down a

I used to take famotidine regularly, and chewable tums/alka seltzer for immediate relief. I recently went on a Disney vacation where my heartburn was absolutely awful, and it was already bad before I went. My mother, whom I love dearly, unfortunately tried to get me to go gluten free for the millio

(TLDR at bottom of post for severe readers) Before I dive into the meat of my post, I just want to commend everyone here for your courage, fortitude, and will to fight for a better future despite being dealt one of the most unlucky and shittiest hands life can throw at you. By fight, I mean Jus

>***Life is a fountain of delight: but all wells are poisoned for him out of whom an upset stomach, the father of affliction, speaks.*** > >Friedrich Nietzsche, *Thus Spake Zarathustra* (1883) In the 8th century, when Jabir ibn Hayyan was in the process of turning alchemy into chemistry

Over the past few years, clinicians and researchers have recognized that mast cell activation syndrome may play a role in post-COVID and Long COVID illness. Many people with ongoing symptoms like fatigue, dysautonomia, allergic-type reactions, and hypersensitivity are diagnosed with MCAS based on hi

>***Life is a fountain of delight: but all wells are poisoned for him out of whom an upset stomach, the father of affliction, speaks.*** > >Friedrich Nietzsche, *Thus Spake Zarathustra* (1883) In the 8th century, when Jabir ibn Hayyan was in the process of turning alchemy into chemistry

... And that famotidine and nizatidine are both on very short supply. I checked the FDA recall site and didn't see any updates besides the one yesterday about two manufacturer's recalls.

While proton pump inhibitors are generally the main line of treatment for gerd these days, I'm curious about how the h2 antagonists like ranitidine, nizatidine, etc. compare to one another in terms of side effects and the prevalence of those effects. I would appreciate any of your thoughts on this a