Famotidine
Active Ingredients
- Famotidine
Manufacturers
- American Sales Company
- Amerisource Bergen
- Apotex Inc
- Apothecon Inc Div Bristol Myers Squibb
- Baxter Healthcare Corp
This report is for all products sharing this active ingredient. For more details, please use our Workbench for research on individual brands like Famotidine.
Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Famotidine Side Effects
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FAERS (Reports Submitted to FDA) |
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| Side Effect | On Drug Label |
Overall Alarm |
Reports | % of Reports |
Alarm | Reports | % of Reports |
Alarm |
* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Famotidine
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Chest pain, Headache, Nausea, Abdominal discomfort, Depressed mood, Crying, Cardiac flutter, Skin tightness, Dyspnoea, Panic attack, Paraesthesia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on September 15, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Very HORRIBLE panic attacks, heart racing at times, shortness of breath, chest pain, tightness, tingling in fingers and legs, headaches, raised my normal bp from 108/65 up to 140/92 fee...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: None
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on September 6, 2015 @ 12:00 am
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Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Scar, Myalgia, Anxiety, Arthralgia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 25, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: I experienced severe muscle and joint pain that made me shake. I felt like my muscles were going to lock up so I could not move. It made me feel very scared and anxious. I will never ta...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Dizziness, Hunger, Abdominal discomfort, Lethargy, Tinnitus, Anxiety, Thought withdrawal, Diarrhoea, Thought blocking
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Dizzy, shaky, lightheaded, anxiety, tinnitis, stomach pain, hunger, diarrhea. I've been off of it for 3 weeks and the dizziness, shakiness and lightheadedness are almost gone....”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Photophobia, Dizziness, Abdominal discomfort, Lethargy, Tinnitus, Anxiety, Cardiac flutter, Depression, Diarrhoea, Disturbance in attention, Migraine
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on July 23, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Dizziness, shakiness, lightheadedness, inability to think, heart palpitations, very loud tinnitis, migraines, severe anxiety, depression, stomach pain, sometimes explosive diarrhea, sen...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hallucination, Restlessness, Headache, Pain, Anxiety, Sudden death, Cardiac flutter, Discomfort, Suicidal ideation
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 29, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... in the left leg; sharp, short pains in various parts of my entire body. Horrible heart palpitations lasting at least 12 hours, diminishing slowly. Restlessness and hallucinations. Headaches that are ...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tinnitus, Palpitations, Anxiety, Arrhythmia
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 28, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Took one pill before bed for heartburn within minutes my heart was racing. I was up every two hours with racing heart and anxiety. Ringing in ears. Made my heartburn worse. 20 hours lat...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Renal pain, Headache, Nausea, Abdominal discomfort, Anxiety, Musculoskeletal pain, Cardiac flutter, Dyspnoea, Insomnia, Weight decreased
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 5, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“... Effects: Shortness of breath. Trouble sleeping for more than 4 hours at a time. Stomach pain. Weight loss. Headaches. Nausea. Anxiety. Heart palpitations. Shoulder pain. Kidney pain. I am d...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Constipation, Depression, Somnolence
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 4, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Occasional constipation to start with and sometimes did not fully relieve my symtoms at either 10 or 20 mg. No anxiety as others have reported although started having severe fatigue whi...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Anxiety
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on February 13, 2015 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Sudden and severe anxiety. I never had any anxiety issues in my life so when it felt like my life was falling down around me and the world was going to come to an end within a few days...”
Additional Drug Information
* Warning: The facts and figures contained in these reports are accurate to the best of our capability; however, our metrics are only meant to augment your medical knowledge, and should never be used as the sole basis for selecting a new medication. As with any medical decision, be sure to work with your doctor to ensure the best choices are made for your condition.
* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Famotidine
Constipation
“Constipation Side Effect, Chalky- Gets Stuck in Teeth
Relief from Stomach Acid, Good as a Preventative Medicine
Complete Stomach Acid Relief with only a Few Side Effects
Pepc...”
Source: Pepcid-Complete-Chewable-Dual-Action-T...
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Did the author experience constipation while taking famotidine?
What is this?Nausea
“I take 20mg in the AM and another 20 mg in the evening. Side effects are light nausea headaches but all in all works great with acid reflux and gerd.”
Source: Pepcid
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Did the author experience nausea while taking pepcid?
What is this?Headache
“I take 20mg in the AM and another 20 mg in the evening. Side effects are light nausea headaches but all in all works great with acid reflux and gerd.”
Source: Pepcid
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Did the author experience headache while taking pepcid?
What is this?