A few days ago, @Learner1 posted an article about generic prescriptions tainted with a known carcinogen, NDMA. Turns out it's also in Zantac, which many people take for MCAS: https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/health-alert-issued-for-medication-related-to-heartburn
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Contaminated Zantac
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kind of a different subject but about zantac. does anyone get "muscle fatigue' or heaviness with zantac?
in relation to the article they dont say what batches or how to know . So I guess it must be all zantac. thank you for posting this.
PS. for those that take it for MCAS do you also find it helps with itchiness or side effects from IGG? thanks
in relation to the article they dont say what batches or how to know . So I guess it must be all zantac. thank you for posting this.
PS. for those that take it for MCAS do you also find it helps with itchiness or side effects from IGG? thanks
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It sounded like both brand and generic Zantac/ranitidine. I have MCAS and get IVIG, and did not find ranitidine did much for my IVIG side effects - ketotifen, cromolyn sodium, and diphenhydramine (benadryl) have been more useful at settling IVIG-driven MCAS flares.
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@Learner1 is too modest to post a link, so I'll do it for her, with apologies and hopes that @Diwi9 doesn't mind. It's an excellent set of links to more information than any of us really want about something so frightening and profoundly unnerving. I think that anyone reading Diwi's thoughtfully posted information would be interested in Learner's as well.
https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/fda-and-tainted-generics.77672/#post-2230110
https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/fda-and-tainted-generics.77672/#post-2230110