Equate Cimetidine

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Wal-Mart Cimetidine Tablets, 200 mg Drug Facts

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS*

• Active ingredient (in each tablet)
• Purpose
• Equate Cimetidine Uses
• Warnings
  • Do not use
  • Ask a doctor before use if you have
  • Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking
  • Stop use and ask a doctor if
  • If pregnant or breast-feeding,
  • Keep out of reach of children.
• Directions
• Equate Cimetidine Other information
• Inactive ingredients
• Questions or comments?
• Consumer Information
• Principal Display Panel

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION

Active ingredient (in each tablet)

Cimetidine 200 mg

Purpose

Acid reducer

Equate Cimetidine Uses

• •relieves heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach
• •prevents heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach brought on by eating or drinking certain food and beverages

Warnings

Allergy alert: Do not use if you are allergic to cimetidine or other acid reducers

Do not use

• •if you have trouble or pain swallowing food, vomiting with blood, or bloody or black stools. These may be signs of a serious condition. See your doctor.
• •with other acid reducers

Ask a doctor before use if you have

• •frequent chest pain
• •frequent wheezing, particularly with heartburn
• •unexplained weight loss
• •nausea or vomiting
• •stomach pain
• •had heartburn over 3 months. This may be a sign of a more serious condition.
• •heartburn with lightheadedness, sweating or dizziness
• •chest pain or shoulder pain with shortness of breath; sweating; pain spreading to arms, neck or shoulders; or lightheadedness

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking

• •theophylline (oral asthma medicine)
• •warfarin (blood thinning medicine)
• •phenytoin (seizure medicine)

If you are not sure you are taking one of these medicines, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

Stop use and ask a doctor if

• •your heartburn continues or worsens
• •stomach pain continues
• •you need to take this product for more than 14 days

If pregnant or breast-feeding,

ask a health professional before use.

Keep out of reach of children.

In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions

• •adults and children 12 years and over:
• •to relieve symptoms, swallow 1 tablet with a glass of water
• •to prevent symptoms, swallow 1 tablet with a glass of water right before or any time up to 30 minutes before eating food or drinking beverages that cause heartburn
• •do not take more than 2 tablets in 24 hours
• •children under 12 years: ask a doctor

Equate Cimetidine Other information

• •do not use if printed foil under cap is broken or missing
• •store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F)

Inactive ingredients

hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, povidone, pregelatinized starch, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium starch glycolate, titanium dioxide

Questions or comments?

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Consumer Information

Cimetidine Tablets, 200 mg

Acid Reducer

For Heartburn

Just one Cimetidine Tablet, 200 mg relieves and prevents heartburn and acid indigestion.

This product reduces the production of stomach acid that can cause heartburn.

In clinical studies, Cimetidine Tablets, 200 mg was significantly better than placebo tablets in relieving and preventing heartburn symptoms.

And Cimetidine Tablets, 200 mg is approved to take before, during, or after a meal.

Percent of Heartburn Episodes Relieved

Percent of Patients with Prevention or Reduction of Heartburn Symptoms When Taken 30 Minutes Before a Meal

Percent of Patients with Prevention or Reduction of Heartburn Symptoms When Taken at Time of Meal