The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (Aemps), which is dependent on the Ministry of Health, has issued new recommendation for a known drug used to treat heartburn. It is famotidine, which belongs to a group of medicines known as H2 receptor antagonists or H2 blockers.
In particular, the agency warned about the impact of other drugs on the effectiveness of famotidine. “It is recommended to avoid concomitant administration of famotidine oral suspension and posaconazole.as famotidine may reduce the absorption of posaconazole oral suspension when co-administered,” explains AEMPS on its website.
Posaconazole, for its part, is an amphibious drug; that is, it is used to prevent and treat infections caused by fungi. The package leaflet for this medicine states that it may be indicated for treat familial fungal infections Aspergillus, fusarium, coccidioids and those that cause diseases known as “chromoblastomycosis” and “mycetoma”.
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In addition, also added: “Co-administration with inhibitors , , and may reduce their plasma concentration, which reduces efficiency; therefore, co-administration with these inhibitors is not recommended.” But which patients use these drugs?
Those who receive these drugs are people with certain types of cancer. For this reason, if a doctor has prescribed posaconazole and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor at the same time, you should refrain from taking famotidine.
In any case, we must notify our doctor if we are undergoing medication that we use and also ask a pharmacist before prescribing a solution yourselfeven if it is a simple heartburn treatment.
acidity problem
heartburnbetter known in medical terms as heartburn or indigestioncauses various symptoms such as burning, tingling, sensation that Continues fluid or gas from the stomach into the esophagus and mouth, and sometimes even chest pain, which in some cases can be confused with heart pain. Therefore, the Anglo-Saxons know him as heartburn or “heart on fire.”
acidity it’s not a disease per se, but if it repeats it can cause problems. In healthy people, it appears pointwise, especially after a heavy meal, but when it appears repeatedly yes, there is dysfunction of the esophagus and gastroesophageal reflux as such, being real disease which requires medical treatment.
He origin of acidity can be varied, but in healthy people rich food They are the main cause, with the exception of pregnancy, when this symptom also occurs due to relaxation of the muscles of the esophagus and the cardia or pancreas; In addition, the uterus and its enlargement also cause an increase in pressure in the abdomen, relieving heartburn.
For its part, it is known that there are irritating foods that also contribute to the development of acidity, such as coffee, citrus, spicy, chocolate, onion, alcoholic or fatty foods. Some medications can also cooperate by acting as direct or indirect irritants.