Zantac recall

[Dave_Lister]

I just heard about this recall when I went to purchase some Zantac. I have been taking this daily for a long time and now they say there is a carcinogen in it? Now I’m nervous.

anyone else?

[conan]

yeah my wife and i have both used this for years. here's a snippet from TGA professor paul kelly:

"If someone were to take a ranitidine tablet for their entire life for 70 years, every day, then the risk of cancer may go up by about one in 100,000, so I think you can see from those figures it's a very small risk."

that put a lid on it for me. they have to be cautious but in terms of things that actually cause cancer i wouldn't give this another thought.

[Dave_Lister]

Ahh, that makes me feel better. I have been taking two 150s per day for a few years now.

[nomorepanic]

Hi

This is just a courtesy reply to let you know that your post was moved from its original place to a sub-forum that is more relevant to your issue.

This is nothing personal - it just enables us to keep posts about the same problems in the relevant forums so other members with any experience with the issues can find them more easily.

Please also read this post:

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=213239

[MyNameIsTerry]

Copying this post over from another thread where this has come up:


Worth remembering this about Ranitidine:

https://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showth...nitidine-scare

It's only a possibility and even then previous recalls along the same lines with BP meds found it isolated to certain manufacturers and the risk still extremely low