How long do severe side-effects take to resolve?



By Paul B from Derbyshire UK on January 13, 2006
Category: Ranitidine hydrochloride

After taking ranitidine hydrochloride for 6 to 7 weeks, 150mg bi-daily, I was taken into hospital with shortness of breath, chest pain, stomache pains and throat pain. I also experienced less severe effects in the form of a rash. No cause for all these symptoms was found at the hospital in Los Angeles but on returning home and taking further ranitidine, the same happened again in the UK.

I think this was the ranitidine as I began to feel much better about 10 days after ceasing to take it. Is this likely? Can there be lasting effects, when the reaction has been severe?


Thank you for the reply concerning ranitidine hydrochloride



Taking another dose after being told to by a paramedic did bring on an immediate recurrence of symptoms. Will ensure that the probable allergic reaction goes in my medical records.

Worth noting that recovery from chest/lung effects took several weeks.

By Paul B on January 16, 2006 | Reply |
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