Community Chat

[Sherox]

A physcian was on our local Fox station this morning spoke on this topic.  He said not to rush out and buy Pepcid as the amount that they are testing is much different than in this OTC medication. 

He also stated that it would be administered interveniously in a much different dosage. I assume he was trying to clairify this news to avoid another Lysol debacle. Should be interesting though once the findings are available.

[faeriemoon]

Can't get Pepcid anywhere now.  

[Bri369]

Why do people do this? 

Now the people who really need it won't be able to find it. 

[violann]

Would anyone besides me prefer that this kind of information be kept away from the press (ALL PRESS) until "the experts" got to chew on it a little bit?

[Kachina624]

I hope nobody in Washington, DC hears about this.

[Anonymous032819]

Watch, some idiot will swallow a fist full of Pepcid, all because they heard on the news that mega dose of it will cure Covid.

Just wait.

[SusieQ_2]

"Can't get Pepcid anywhere now."

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If someone needs it, it's available on Walmart's website. There's quite the variety...berry flavored, mint, tropical fruit, maximum strength, chewable, and plenty of generic as well. 

I have no interest in it but looked out of curiosity. 

[faeriemoon]

Last time I went to the grocery store, and it's been a while now because we have been getting deliveries, there was a young mom there with her child.  The kid was about 5 or so.  They were shopping for peanut butter (among other things) and there were two left of the brand they wanted.  The child told the mom to get both in case they wouldn't be able to get it again, but the mom said, "No, let's leave it in case someone else needs it."

If only people who are bent on hoarding could adopt that philosophy.

[wildlifewitch]

Hm, well it is an  antihistamine. 

[Alison Wonderland]

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@stuyvesant wrote:

I read that the main ingredient in Pepcid, formatadine [sp?] is being trialed as a treatment for covid.

It's the poor man's treatment for upset stomach.  In China, people who can choose, take Prilosec.

A US epidemiologist was in Wuhan during the height, and was interested in why older poor people died at a lower rate than older middle class people.  He figured out it was the difference in antacid medicine.

So he came back, and it was kept secret while they accumulated intravenous formatadine to do the trial.

I bought Pepcid this morning.  It's not entirely a dumb thing to do.  I think the article is in Science.

ETA:  Here's the article https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/new-york-clinical-trial-quietly-tests-heartburn-remedy-again...

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Please do not panic buy medication other people need to get through one day to the next. That's already happened with Plaquenil, a drug people with Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis need to get through each day without pain.

The link you posted says doctors are using the medication "intravenously, at nine times the heartburn dose." You aren't going to accomplish the same thing by taking off the shelf tablets without a doctor's oversight.