What special precautions should I follow?
Before taking Famotidine:
Tell your doctor if you have kidney disease, liver disease, trouble or pain swallowing food, vomiting with blood, or bloody or black stools.
You may not be able to take famotidine, or you may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatment, if you have any of the conditions listed above.
The Pepcid RPDŽ orally disintegrating tablets contain 1.05 mg of phenylalanine per 20 mg tablet and 2.10 mg of phenylalanine per 40 mg oral tablet. Patients with phenylketonuria may need to monitor their intake of this additive.
Famotidine is in the FDA pregnancy category B. This means that it is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby. Do not take famotidine without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnant during treatment.
Moreover, famotidine passes into breast milk. It is not known whether famotidine will harm a nursing infant, therefore do not take this medication without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
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