[CondoleezzaProtege]

So Prilosec may be harmful, but Pepcid may prove helpful. (When it comes to Covid.) It would be nice if more of this research and discussion were made public.

[ClearCase_guy]

More of this research will be made public ... as soon as more money changes hands.

[corkoman]

famotidine is not a proton-pump blocker but works indirectly to reduce stomach acid production.

"Proton-pumps" are also super important for host defense cells such as macrophages and also osteocytes. I've always wondered what impact PPIs had on reducing the potency of macrophages to destroy bad things and osteocytes to dissolve bone.

[Old Yeller]

Zantac is already killing people with cancer. Those bastards.

[SueRae]

I remember President Trump was taking a pepcid or equivalent as part of his covid treatment t back in October. My husband has to take proton pump inhibitors..for the rest of his life..

[Manic_Episode]

I've been taking Prilosec daily for years.

I tested positive for Covid in October.

It gave me a headache for 2 days. 2 weeks later I developed a slight cough which lasted for a few weeks.

I'm a relatively healthy active 58 year old man with mild asthma.

For me covid was very mild. Barely knew I had it. My employer required I be tested because I admitted to having a headache.

Anyways Prilosec didn't seem to be a factor for me.

[airborne]

I use a tablespoon of baking soda in a glass of water for indigestion.

[ETCM]

So Prilosec may be harmful

They don't actually make that connection. Their final conclusion is "Rather, we believe that PPIs are important markers of hidden comorbidities that involve the damage caused by the excess stomach acid in GI tissues."

[thinden]

Bttt

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I used to take Zantac but it was banned for being a carcinogen. My belief is that the main ingredient was not carcinogenic, but that some manufacturers were putting additives in that were found to be carcinogenic. Rather than admitting this, they just took it off the shelf.

In any case, whenever I took PriloSec for more than two weeks I started getting vertigo. It worked best for my acid reflux, but the side-effects weren't worth the hassle.

I've been taking Pepcid since Zantac was banned and although it doesn't work as well, it works well enough, has no side-effects that I have noticed, and I have yet to get COVID-19.

Fingers crossed.

[Flaming Conservative]

When proton pump inhibitors first began being prescribed, there was a warning that it NOT be used any longer than 6 weeks. Obviously, there was a reason for that, but somewhere along the line, they were prescribed long term, and finally were made available over the counter, without a prescription. Many people obviously get good results from them, as far as ulcers, etc., are concerned. I have GERD, and have tried prilosec, but it never worked for me, so I take 40 mg of pepcid every night, and rarely wake up in the middle of the night with acid in my throat, as I used to on prilosec. Because of the original 6 week warning it had, I have never been convinced of its safety. Nice to know pepcid might help with Covid, since I don’t plan on getting vaccinated.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I take 20 mg of famotidine everyday.