Pepcid is a medication that reduces the amount of acid the stomach produces. Taking Pepcid may increase the body’s absorption of alcohol, but there are no known interactions between the substances.

Widely used heartburn and ulcer drugs such as Nexium, Pepcid and Prilosec can make people more susceptible to pneumonia, probably because they reduce germ-killing stomach acid, Dutch researchers found ...

CHICAGO — Widely used heartburn and ulcer drugs such as Nexium, Pepcid and Prilosec can make people more susceptible to pneumonia, probably because they reduce germ-killing stomach acid, researchers ...

Two large data-mining studies show an association between the most common type of medication for heartburn and ulcers PPIs (e.g., Nexium, Prilosec) and heart attacks. This type of analysis cannot ...

Popular heartburn medications such as Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium could lead to an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a recently released report. Researchers at John Hopkins ...

For occasional heartburn, you might want to take famotidine (Pepcid) at least 15 minutes before eating. But the best time to take famotidine depends on the cause of your acid reflux. Famotidine ...

Famotidine, sold under the brand name Pepcid and its generic form, is often the first-line treatment for stomach ulcers. A stomach ulcer is a painful sore that develops in the stomach lining or small ...