Famotak 20 mg 20 tablets
Available at Pharmaegy Pharmacy. Use as directed by your doctor.
Famotak 20 mg 20 tablets
Composition:
• Active ingredient:
Famotidine — 20 mg.
Famotak 20 mg is an antacid drug from the group of H2-histamine receptor blockers, used to reduce gastric acid secretion in various gastrointestinal diseases, including ulcers and gastritis.
Pharmacological properties:
• Suppresses secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
• Effective for nocturnal hypersecretion
• Acts up to 12 hours after administration
• Promotes healing of ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal mucosa.
Indications for use:
• Peptic ulcer disease of the stomach and duodenum
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Erosive esophagitis
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
• Functional dyspepsia with increased acidity.
Dosage and administration:
Dosage for treatment of ulcers and esophageal reflux:
20–40 mg once daily before bedtime or twice daily as prescribed by a doctor.
Preventive dose for duodenal ulcer:
20 mg once daily before bedtime.
Dose for Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, mastocytosis, or multiple endocrine disorders:
20 mg every 6 hours. Dose and duration depend on the disease course.
For patients with severe renal impairment:
20 mg once daily before bedtime.
Tablets are taken orally with water, regardless of food intake.