Is myopathy a side effect of ZANTAC ? ( FactMed.com )

About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of ZANTAC patients who developed myopathy.

FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than 20,000 different pharmaceutical products. The below report offers compiled information from Food & Drug Administration and FactMed user submissions. Between January 2004 and October 2012, 43 individuals taking ZANTAC reported myopathy to the FDA. A total of 18564 ZANTAC drug adverse event reaction reports were made with the FDA during this time period. Often the FDA only receives reports of the most critical and severe cases; these numbers may therefore underrepresent the complication rate of the medication.

FDA Research Report

Introduction This page is designed to help you determine the relationship, if any, between ZANTAC and myopathy. In doing so, we compare ZANTAC with other drugs that cause myopathy, to help you evaluate whether or not ZANTAC causes myopathy. Likewise, this page shows the most highly-reported side effects of ZANTAC, so you can see if myopathy ranks among ZANTAC's most well-known side effects.

Summary Statistics
Reports of ZANTAC causing myopathy: 43
Reports of any side effect of ZANTAC : 18564
Percentage of ZANTAC patients where myopathy is a reported side effect: 0.2316%

FDA reports of any drug causing myopathy : 3605
Average percentage for all medicated patients where myopathy is reported as a complication: 0.0226%

Physician opinion on ZANTAC as adverse event culprit:

Overall opinion for all reports of this drug:

Most frequent diagnoses/indications for prescribing ZANTAC:

GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE ( 1048 patients )
DRUG USE FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 817 patients )
PRODUCT USED FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 625 patients )
DYSPEPSIA ( 617 patients )
PREMEDICATION ( 515 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS ( 298 patients )
GASTRITIS ( 232 patients )
GASTRIC ULCER ( 197 patients )
GASTRIC DISORDER ( 122 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL ULCER ( 92 patients )
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER ( 74 patients )
ULCER ( 68 patients )
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER ( 61 patients )
ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT ( 52 patients )
GASTRITIS PROPHYLAXIS ( 33 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER ( 31 patients )
PEPTIC ULCER ( 30 patients )
DUODENAL ULCER ( 29 patients )
NAUSEA ( 26 patients )
HIATUS HERNIA ( 24 patients )
HYPERCHLORHYDRIA ( 21 patients )
REFLUX OESOPHAGITIS ( 21 patients )
ABDOMINAL PAIN ( 20 patients )
ANTACID THERAPY ( 15 patients )
BREAST CANCER ( 14 patients )
BARRETT'S OESOPHAGUS ( 14 patients )
CHEMOTHERAPY ( 13 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER THERAPY ( 12 patients )
VOMITING ( 12 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL ULCER ( 11 patients )
URTICARIA ( 11 patients )
HYPERSENSITIVITY ( 10 patients )
ANTIEMETIC SUPPORTIVE CARE ( 9 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING ( 9 patients )
BURN OESOPHAGEAL ( 9 patients )
DUODENITIS ( 9 patients )
FLATULENCE ( 9 patients )
REFLUX GASTRITIS ( 9 patients )
STOMACH DISCOMFORT ( 8 patients )
CROHN'S DISEASE ( 8 patients )
OESOPHAGITIS ( 7 patients )
GASTRIC PH DECREASED ( 7 patients )
PAIN ( 7 patients )
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME ( 7 patients )
GASTROENTERITIS ( 6 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE ( 6 patients )
PRURITUS ( 6 patients )
GASTRIC MUCOSAL LESION ( 6 patients )
ALLERGY PROPHYLAXIS ( 6 patients )
GASTRITIS EROSIVE ( 5 patients )
OVARIAN CANCER ( 5 patients )
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ( 5 patients )
RASH ( 5 patients )
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX PROPHYLAXIS ( 5 patients )
CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 5 patients )
PREOPERATIVE CARE ( 4 patients )
PROPHYLACTIC CHEMOTHERAPY ( 4 patients )
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY ( 4 patients )
HEART TRANSPLANT ( 4 patients )
GASTRODUODENAL ULCER ( 4 patients )
FOETAL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 4 patients )
IMPAIRED GASTRIC EMPTYING ( 4 patients )
STRESS ULCER ( 4 patients )
PANCREATITIS ACUTE ( 4 patients )
HAEMORRHAGE PROPHYLAXIS ( 4 patients )
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ( 3 patients )
ANAESTHETIC PREMEDICATION ( 3 patients )
CHEST PAIN ( 3 patients )
DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA ( 3 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSAL DISORDER ( 3 patients )
ADVERSE DRUG REACTION ( 3 patients )
COUGH ( 3 patients )
UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE ( 3 patients )
ANTIALLERGIC THERAPY ( 3 patients )
MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA ( 3 patients )
ADVERSE EVENT ( 3 patients )
NERVOUSNESS ( 3 patients )
UNEVALUABLE EVENT ( 3 patients )
NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGE III ( 2 patients )
POSTOPERATIVE CARE ( 2 patients )
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION ( 2 patients )
OESOPHAGEAL DISORDER ( 2 patients )
SUPPORTIVE CARE ( 2 patients )
BACTERIAL INFECTION ( 2 patients )
NASOPHARYNGITIS ( 2 patients )
NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 2 patients )
ULCER HAEMORRHAGE ( 2 patients )
CAMPYLOBACTER GASTROENTERITIS ( 2 patients )
HERNIA ( 2 patients )
ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION ( 2 patients )
GASTRITIS HAEMORRHAGIC ( 2 patients )
CHEST DISCOMFORT ( 2 patients )
CHOLECYSTITIS ( 2 patients )
HYPERURICAEMIA ( 2 patients )
DRUG EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 2 patients )
BACK PAIN ( 2 patients )
MULTIPLE ALLERGIES ( 2 patients )
CONSTIPATION ( 2 patients )
INSOMNIA ( 2 patients )
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROTRUSION ( 2 patients )
GASTRIC ULCER HAEMORRHAGE ( 2 patients )
CARDIAC DISORDER ( 1 patients )
HELICOBACTER INFECTION ( 1 patients )
DERMATITIS ( 1 patients )
LIVER DISORDER ( 1 patients )
EROSIVE OESOPHAGITIS ( 1 patients )
SKIN PAPILLOMA ( 1 patients )
DERMATITIS CONTACT ( 1 patients )
MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME ( 1 patients )
URTICARIA THERMAL ( 1 patients )
FALLOPIAN TUBE CANCER ( 1 patients )
SKIN TEST POSITIVE ( 1 patients )
MATERNAL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 1 patients )
UVEITIS ( 1 patients )
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION ( 1 patients )
CHOLELITHIASIS ( 1 patients )
FLUID RETENTION ( 1 patients )
OROPHARYNGEAL PAIN ( 1 patients )
ASPIRATION ( 1 patients )
MUCOSAL EROSION ( 1 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST DIARRHOEA ( 1 patients )
COLON CANCER ( 1 patients )
FOOD ALLERGY ( 1 patients )
INFANT ( 1 patients )
DRUG TOXICITY PROPHYLAXIS ( 1 patients )
MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION ( 1 patients )
ACIDOSIS ( 1 patients )
CONGENITAL PANCREATIC ANOMALY ( 1 patients )
INFUSION ( 1 patients )
PAIN IN EXTREMITY ( 1 patients )
DRY MOUTH ( 1 patients )
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE ( 1 patients )
PANCREATITIS ( 1 patients )
THERAPEUTIC EMBOLISATION ( 1 patients )
REFLUX LARYNGITIS ( 1 patients )
ALLERGIC SINUSITIS ( 1 patients )
CRYING ( 1 patients )
IRRITABILITY ( 1 patients )
NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER ( 1 patients )
RESPIRATORY DISORDER ( 1 patients )
ANAESTHESIA ( 1 patients )
DEPRESSION ( 1 patients )
JUVENILE ARTHRITIS ( 1 patients )
POROCARCINOMA ( 1 patients )
DYSPHAGIA ( 1 patients )
OESOPHAGEAL DISCOMFORT ( 1 patients )
RHINITIS ( 1 patients )
DERMATITIS ATOPIC ( 1 patients )
MALIGNANT PERITONEAL NEOPLASM ( 1 patients )
FAECALOMA ( 1 patients )
OESOPHAGEAL SPASM ( 1 patients )
SKIN TEST ( 1 patients )
DIABETES MELLITUS ( 1 patients )
MASTOCYTOSIS ( 1 patients )
UTERINE CANCER ( 1 patients )
ONYCHOMYCOSIS ( 1 patients )
SLEEP DISORDER ( 1 patients )
ARTHROPOD BITE ( 1 patients )
MEDICAL DIET ( 1 patients )
VARICES OESOPHAGEAL ( 1 patients )
COLITIS ULCERATIVE ( 1 patients )
OSTEOPOROSIS ( 1 patients )
DRUG INTERACTION ( 1 patients )
ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE ( 1 patients )
CONGENITAL HIATUS HERNIA ( 1 patients )
GASTRIC BYPASS ( 1 patients )
INFECTION PROPHYLAXIS ( 1 patients )
SURGERY ( 1 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN ( 1 patients )
ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA ( 1 patients )
PANCREATIC DISORDER ( 1 patients )
TENDONITIS ( 1 patients )
BREAST CANCER RECURRENT ( 1 patients )
DUODENAL STENOSIS ( 1 patients )
GASTRIC PH INCREASED ( 1 patients )
CAESAREAN SECTION ( 1 patients )
DUODENAL ULCER HAEMORRHAGE ( 1 patients )
DECREASED APPETITE ( 1 patients )
PERFORATED ULCER ( 1 patients )
( 0 patients )

Drugs with high FDA adverse event association with myopathy:

LIPITOR (517 patients)
ZOCOR (480 patients)
ASPIRIN (474 patients)
SIMVASTATIN (410 patients)
FOSAMAX (309 patients)
PREDNISONE (241 patients)
CRESTOR (239 patients)
ZOMETA (201 patients)
PREDNISOLONE (199 patients)
LASIX (177 patients)
FUROSEMIDE (162 patients)
ZETIA (153 patients)
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (144 patients)
PREDNISONE TAB (139 patients)
LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM (138 patients)
VIOXX (130 patients)
ALLOPURINOL (125 patients)
DEXAMETHASONE (124 patients)
INSULIN (120 patients)
COUMADIN (118 patients)
CYCLOSPORINE (113 patients)
ATENOLOL (112 patients)
ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM (110 patients)
NORVASC (108 patients)
CLARITHROMYCIN (107 patients)
AMBIEN (104 patients)
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (103 patients)
LISINOPRIL (99 patients)
NOROXIN (98 patients)
DECADRON (97 patients)
OMEPRAZOLE (97 patients)
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (96 patients)
SORAFENIB (RAF KINASE INHIBITOR) (95 patients)
GABAPENTIN (94 patients)
SYNTHROID (94 patients)
LAMIVUDINE (90 patients)
AMLODIPINE (90 patients)
RAMIPRIL (89 patients)
NEXIUM (88 patients)
PRILOSEC (87 patients)
METHYLPREDNISOLONE (85 patients)
WARFARIN SODIUM (83 patients)
ZIDOVUDINE (82 patients)
ALBUTEROL (82 patients)
LANSOPRAZOLE (80 patients)
MEK INHIBITOR (DIHYDROXYPROP-DIFLU-METHOXYPHEN-CYCLOPROPA-SULFAMI) (80 patients)
PROTONIX (79 patients)
ACETAMINOPHEN (77 patients)
FOLIC ACID (77 patients)
MULTI-VITAMINS (75 patients)
XANAX (75 patients)
COZAAR (73 patients)
NEURONTIN (73 patients)
REMICADE (71 patients)
REVLIMID (69 patients)
HUMIRA (68 patients)
AMIODARONE HCL (67 patients)
FLONASE (65 patients)
CELEXA (64 patients)
FERROUS SULFATE TAB (64 patients)
ATORVASTATIN (64 patients)
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE (64 patients)
SPIRONOLACTONE (63 patients)
MAGNEVIST (62 patients)
VYTORIN (62 patients)
ZOLOFT (61 patients)
PEPCID (60 patients)
PROGRAF (60 patients)
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE (59 patients)
VICODIN (59 patients)
ADVAIR DISKUS 100/50 (59 patients)
ULTRAVIST 150 (59 patients)
PLAVIX (59 patients)
METHOTREXATE (58 patients)
COLCHICINE (58 patients)
AREDIA (57 patients)
OXYCONTIN (57 patients)
LYRICA (57 patients)
DIDANOSINE (56 patients)
ENALAPRIL MALEATE (55 patients)
HEPARIN SODIUM INJECTION (55 patients)
TAMOXIFEN CITRATE (55 patients)
ACYCLOVIR (52 patients)
FENOFIBRATE (52 patients)
PRAVASTATIN (52 patients)
CLONAZEPAM (51 patients)
ITRACONAZOLE (51 patients)
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (51 patients)
DIGOXIN (49 patients)
SEBIVO (49 patients)
TOPROL-XL (49 patients)
LORAZEPAM (48 patients)
DILTIAZEM (48 patients)
LORTAB (48 patients)
ELAVIL (47 patients)
DIFLUCAN (47 patients)
METOPROLOL TARTRATE (46 patients)
ATIVAN (46 patients)
VELCADE (45 patients)
ALENDRONATE SODIUM (45 patients)
VITAMIN D (45 patients)
KLOR-CON (45 patients)
PRAVACHOL (45 patients)
WELLBUTRIN (44 patients)
TRICOR (44 patients)
DARVOCET-N 100 (44 patients)
PERCOCET (44 patients)
RAPAMUNE (43 patients)
ASCORBIC ACID (43 patients)
LEVAQUIN (43 patients)
AROMASIN (43 patients)
DIAZEPAM (43 patients)
ZANTAC (43 patients)
GEMFIBROZIL (41 patients)
CELEBREX (41 patients)
OXYCODONE HCL (41 patients)
ABACAVIR (40 patients)
LEXAPRO (40 patients)
NIFEDIPINE (40 patients)
RADIATION THERAPY (39 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID SRT (39 patients)
ACIPHEX (39 patients)
METFORMIN HCL (39 patients)
IRON (39 patients)
ALTACE (39 patients)
TACROLIMUS (38 patients)
EFAVIRENZ (38 patients)
ZYPREXA (38 patients)
ZYRTEC (38 patients)
LESCOL (37 patients)
[THERAPY UNSPECIFIED] (37 patients)
METOPROLOL (37 patients)
GLEEVEC (37 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM (36 patients)
FOSAMAX PLUS D (36 patients)
PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE (36 patients)
EFFEXOR (36 patients)
AMIODARONE (36 patients)
CEFTRIAXONE (36 patients)
HERCEPTIN (35 patients)
THALIDOMIDE (35 patients)
FUSIDIC ACID (35 patients)
SINGULAIR (35 patients)
IBUPROFEN (35 patients)
SPIRIVA (35 patients)
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM (35 patients)
VANCOMYCIN (35 patients)
WARFARIN (34 patients)
PERIDEX (34 patients)
BISOPROLOL (34 patients)
HYZAAR (34 patients)
SIROLIMUS (34 patients)
SOLU-MEDROL (34 patients)
ALPRAZOLAM (34 patients)
CO-TRIMOXAZOLE (34 patients)
AMITRIPTYLINE HCL (34 patients)
COREG (34 patients)
VITAMINS (UNSPECIFIED) (33 patients)
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (33 patients)
AZATHIOPRINE (33 patients)
ZOFRAN (33 patients)
CALTRATE +D (33 patients)
PROTEINASE INHIBITORS (33 patients)
CARTIA /USA/ (33 patients)
NIASPAN (33 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE (33 patients)
MEGESTROL ACETATE (32 patients)
COMPAZINE (32 patients)
ADENOSINE (32 patients)
ALDACTONE (32 patients)
LANTUS (32 patients)
GASMOTIN (32 patients)
PROZAC (32 patients)
ARIMIDEX (31 patients)
AVELOX (31 patients)
FENTANYL (31 patients)
CALCIUM (UNSPECIFIED) (31 patients)
PAXIL (31 patients)
GLIPIZIDE (31 patients)
FLUCONAZOLE (31 patients)
ARANESP (31 patients)
CLARITIN (31 patients)
DILAUDID (31 patients)
NEUPOGEN (31 patients)
AVANDIA (31 patients)
B12 ^RECIP^ (30 patients)
K-DUR (30 patients)
CALCIUM CARBONATE (30 patients)
CELLCEPT (30 patients)
METFORMIN (30 patients)
CLOPIDOGREL (30 patients)
TRAMADOL HCL (30 patients)
REQUIP (29 patients)
CARVEDILOL (29 patients)
GLUCOPHAGE (29 patients)
FLOMAX (29 patients)
ZESTRIL (29 patients)
MIRTAZAPINE (29 patients)
TIAZAC (29 patients)
CAPECITABINE (29 patients)
KETEK (29 patients)
NICORANDIL (29 patients)
VERAPAMIL (29 patients)
CYMBALTA (28 patients)
RALTEGRAVIR (28 patients)
LOVASTATIN (28 patients)
CALCIUM (28 patients)
ACTOS (28 patients)
MICARDIS (28 patients)
DILTIAZEM HYDROCHLORIDE (28 patients)

Most common side effects for patients taking ZANTAC:

NAUSEA (1785 patients)
PAIN (1657 patients)
DYSPNOEA (1570 patients)
VOMITING (1441 patients)
DIARRHOEA (1335 patients)
ANXIETY (1321 patients)
FATIGUE (1233 patients)
DIZZINESS (1114 patients)
PYREXIA (1065 patients)
DRUG INEFFECTIVE (1052 patients)
CHEST PAIN (1003 patients)
HEADACHE (993 patients)
ASTHENIA (984 patients)
DEPRESSION (981 patients)
FALL (966 patients)
ANAEMIA (920 patients)
HYPERTENSION (917 patients)
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (894 patients)
PNEUMONIA (870 patients)
BACK PAIN (870 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN (866 patients)
WEIGHT DECREASED (820 patients)
PAIN IN EXTREMITY (768 patients)
ARTHRALGIA (759 patients)
INJURY (718 patients)
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL (711 patients)
INSOMNIA (704 patients)
CONSTIPATION (694 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER (683 patients)
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (656 patients)
MALAISE (642 patients)
HYPOTENSION (642 patients)
DYSPEPSIA (635 patients)
RASH (628 patients)
DEHYDRATION (598 patients)
COUGH (589 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE (558 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA (547 patients)
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (546 patients)
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (529 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS OF JAW (522 patients)
RENAL FAILURE (518 patients)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (514 patients)
OSTEOARTHRITIS (501 patients)
PRURITUS (500 patients)
DECREASED APPETITE (494 patients)
OSTEOMYELITIS (485 patients)
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE (464 patients)
WEIGHT INCREASED (460 patients)
BONE DISORDER (459 patients)
PLEURAL EFFUSION (433 patients)
MUSCLE SPASMS (431 patients)
DYSPHAGIA (419 patients)
CONVULSION (416 patients)
GAIT DISTURBANCE (415 patients)
ERYTHEMA (411 patients)
CHOLELITHIASIS (401 patients)
INFECTION (397 patients)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA (395 patients)
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (395 patients)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (390 patients)
SOMNOLENCE (389 patients)
PAIN IN JAW (387 patients)
MYALGIA (386 patients)
PARAESTHESIA (385 patients)
ANHEDONIA (383 patients)
CONDITION AGGRAVATED (379 patients)
CONFUSIONAL STATE (378 patients)
DEATH (375 patients)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (374 patients)
PALPITATIONS (368 patients)
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (368 patients)
RESPIRATORY FAILURE (365 patients)
BRONCHITIS (356 patients)
SINUSITIS (351 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED (348 patients)
DIABETES MELLITUS (347 patients)
HYPERSENSITIVITY (345 patients)
TOOTH EXTRACTION (343 patients)
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (343 patients)
CELLULITIS (338 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS (337 patients)
FEELING ABNORMAL (330 patients)
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED (327 patients)
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (325 patients)
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (325 patients)
SEPSIS (324 patients)
SPINAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (324 patients)
CONTUSION (321 patients)
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (319 patients)
CHEST DISCOMFORT (314 patients)
HYPERHIDROSIS (313 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED (313 patients)
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED (311 patients)
SYNCOPE (311 patients)
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (309 patients)
VISION BLURRED (309 patients)
SWELLING (307 patients)
OSTEOPOROSIS (307 patients)
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA (305 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT (304 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT DECREASED (300 patients)
PLATELET COUNT DECREASED (299 patients)
GASTRITIS (296 patients)
MITRAL VALVE INCOMPETENCE (294 patients)
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (292 patients)
CHILLS (292 patients)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (290 patients)
ASTHMA (290 patients)
TREMOR (287 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION (286 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROTRUSION (283 patients)
PANCYTOPENIA (281 patients)
NEUTROPENIA (281 patients)
URTICARIA (278 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED (274 patients)
DRY MOUTH (273 patients)
STOMATITIS (273 patients)
NECK PAIN (268 patients)
CARDIAC ARREST (267 patients)
ARTHRITIS (265 patients)
FLUSHING (264 patients)
CHOLECYSTITIS CHRONIC (262 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION (262 patients)
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE (261 patients)
BONE LESION (257 patients)
HYPOKALAEMIA (256 patients)
OSTEOPENIA (254 patients)
HEART RATE INCREASED (254 patients)
GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION (251 patients)
HIATUS HERNIA (251 patients)
HAEMORRHOIDS (249 patients)
ATELECTASIS (247 patients)
DRUG EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY (247 patients)
SWELLING FACE (246 patients)
OEDEMA (246 patients)
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED (245 patients)
IMPAIRED HEALING (239 patients)
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION (237 patients)
TACHYCARDIA (236 patients)
DRUG DOSE OMISSION (229 patients)
FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA (227 patients)
RECTAL HAEMORRHAGE (222 patients)
BONE PAIN (221 patients)
OVERDOSE (217 patients)
NEPHROLITHIASIS (216 patients)
BALANCE DISORDER (215 patients)
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK (213 patients)
ORAL PAIN (208 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT INCREASED (207 patients)
GALLBLADDER DISORDER (207 patients)
ANGINA PECTORIS (207 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN (207 patients)
HEPATIC FUNCTION ABNORMAL (205 patients)
AMNESIA (204 patients)
EPISTAXIS (204 patients)
CARDIOMEGALY (201 patients)
ALOPECIA (199 patients)
ARRHYTHMIA (197 patients)
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (196 patients)
JOINT SWELLING (196 patients)
ANOREXIA (195 patients)
PULMONARY OEDEMA (194 patients)
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT COMPLAINT (194 patients)
METASTASES TO BONE (194 patients)
SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME (193 patients)
DEPRESSED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS (193 patients)
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES (192 patients)
HERPES ZOSTER (191 patients)
DISEASE PROGRESSION (191 patients)
DRUG INTERACTION (191 patients)
DEFORMITY (190 patients)
OROPHARYNGEAL PAIN (190 patients)
HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA (189 patients)
HAEMATURIA (186 patients)
CARDIAC DISORDER (185 patients)
RENAL IMPAIRMENT (184 patients)
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK (183 patients)
MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE (182 patients)
STRESS (181 patients)
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC (181 patients)
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT (180 patients)
WHEEZING (180 patients)
DYSURIA (179 patients)
AGITATION (176 patients)
HYPOPHAGIA (175 patients)
BLOOD ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE INCREASED (174 patients)
SPEECH DISORDER (173 patients)
HYPERGLYCAEMIA (173 patients)
EXOSTOSIS (173 patients)
HAEMORRHAGE (172 patients)
DIVERTICULUM (172 patients)
TRICUSPID VALVE INCOMPETENCE (171 patients)
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY (171 patients)
CARDIAC MURMUR (171 patients)
PANCREATITIS (169 patients)
CATARACT (168 patients)
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM PROGRESSION (167 patients)
LETHARGY (166 patients)
BLOOD UREA INCREASED (165 patients)
HAEMATOCRIT DECREASED (164 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE (164 patients)
LIVER DISORDER (164 patients)
SUICIDAL IDEATION (162 patients)
POLLAKIURIA (162 patients)
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION (161 patients)
URINARY INCONTINENCE (161 patients)
TOOTHACHE (160 patients)
MIGRAINE (159 patients)
BLOOD LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INCREASED (159 patients)

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QUESTION ACUTE PSYCHOSIS	How long are periods of reported acute psychosis supposed to last? My son was placed on zantac a few weeks ago and developed auditory hallucinations. His last dose was yesterday morning. We are still waiting for him to improve. Please let me know what is known...I cannot find any definitive information. Thank you!	2015-09-17 17:06:13
QUESTION EPILEPSY	Can taking ranitidine bring on seizures or blank out to me an epileptic.	2015-10-18 11:46:46
QUESTION EPILEPSY	Okay, so as a child, at the age of maybe six or eight, I was put on Zantac, well I started having seizures. Is there a reason other than the fact that its recommendations said 18+ that it could've given me seizures. I didn't take these pills of my own will either, I fought the entire time.	2016-01-18 00:55:28
QUESTION HYDRONEPHROSIS	Can you take Zantac when you have hydro nephritis?	2016-02-04 08:40:00
QUESTION HYDRONEPHROSIS	Can you take Zantac when you have hydronephrosis?	2016-02-04 08:47:16
QUESTION DEMENTIA	I take 1 Zantac daily in conjunction with 3 Ursodiol 300 mg tablets. Should there be a concern regarding dementia?	2016-02-22 12:06:55
QUESTION ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY	Why zantac is eses in actúe adrenal insuficiency	2016-03-01 07:32:33
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QUESTION GROIN PAIN	I've taken Zantac 150 mg for three days now, and I'm having trouble side groin pains, which is making me look like I'm limping on one leg, will this go away if I stop taking the med	2016-04-19 12:35:18
QUESTION WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT DECREASED	Can zantac 150 taken twice daily with a 40 gram nexium cause a low white blood count	2016-05-15 20:20:57
QUESTION BLADDER SPASM	Can Zantac cause bladder spasms	2016-05-27 22:11:18
QUESTION BLADDER SPASM	Been on Zantac for about 1 month for small ulcers. I have developed severe bladder spasms and difficulty urinating. Can I just stop taking it?	2016-06-01 19:53:53
QUESTION ARRHYTHMIA	I had bigeminy while on an h2 blocker. Documented on ekg about 24 hours after starting med. once off the med went back to sinus rhythm in about a day	2016-10-04 19:03:23
QUESTION DEATH	I've noticed immunosuppressive with Zantac. I've been taking it for 2 years now for hives, and jumping off of it isn't much of an option because they prevent the hives...	2016-10-13 22:36:10
QUESTION FREEZING PHENOMENON	Can you store zantac in the freezer	2016-10-18 12:54:48
QUESTION OPTIC NEURITIS	I took zantac for 3 days 6 months ago and I now have optical neuritis symptoms that come and go.	2017-01-15 08:47:25
QUESTION URINARY INCONTINENCE	I was taking Zantac after my UTI because I had hives caused by antibiotics. Now I have urinary incontinence. I think it's from the Zantac!!	2017-01-31 14:59:29
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QUESTION RETROGRADE EJACULATION	I just had surgery extracting a stone in the bladder, i have been on zantac for 15 days, i'm still on Zantac. I experienced dry ejaculation and i'm worried, will it go away after I stop taking the medication, I had surgury 15 days ago. ???	2017-04-23 03:56:34

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