Fortunately ranitidine is enough for me.
I took ranitidine for a number of years because of burning in my stomach, sometimes accompanied with shortness of breath.
Then, one day, the cause of the burning suddenly dawned on me.....the Colgate toothpaste I used, a white tube with red writing that was made in Mexico!
I stopped using that damn toothpaste, and the burning in my stomach went away in less than 24 hours, never to return.
I told my doctor about what I discovered, and he said to only take the ranitidine if the burning returns. It never did, and I stopped taking ranitidine for good.
YMMV.
Ranitidine made me healthy years ago when I suffered from horrible headaches and disabling stomach aches for about two years. Went to every specialist, no one had an answer. Finally the head of internal medicine at UC San Francisco Medical School put me on daily prescription strength Ranitidine for two months. Problem never came back. Shortly afterwards, Ranitidine was approved for over-the-counter use as Zantac.
After two months on Ranitidine, my stomach “learned” not to spout acid when whatever was triggering the acid happened — nerves, food allergies—didn’t matter. .
I like pragmatic doctors who don’t care exactly what the problem is, go straight to the probable solution. And the easiest solution worked.