[m3047]

How many people took Zantac (ranitidine) the highly spammed H2 blocker? https://www.nfcr.org/blog/3-common-heartburn-drugs-are-assoc...

Doctors don't ask about this. People still take Prilosec, and it's acknowledged that it causes cancer. You get what you give: confirmation bias.

Edit: The essential problem is that ranitidine isn't shelf-stable. This could explain some problems with other theraputics which we won't name to avoid downvoting / politics.

[pfdietz]

> and it's acknowledged that it causes cancer.

This is not acknowledged as demonstrated, the studies are contradictory and observational.

[m3047]

It is acknowledged that nitrosamines cause cancer. It is acknowledged that ranitidine breaks down on the shelf to nitrosamines: this wasn't discovered by the FDA or another government agency, it was discovered by a mail-order, compounding pharmacy which also tests ingredients. Their discovery led to ranitidine being recalled.

As for prilosec: the cancer risk is acknowledged in the packaging.

[pfdietz]

I wasn't talking about ranitidine, so I don't know why you brought that up.

I don't see anything about cancer in the product information for Prilosec.

https://www.amazon.com/Prilosec-OTC-Heartburn-Medicine-Versi...

Perhaps you mean in California, where everything + dog has a cancer warning by law?

[m3047]

Hey. I brought up ranitidine because it is specifically associated with nitrosamines, and nitrosamines cause colon cancer. No redirect: colon cancer. You take issue with prilosec being admitted to this debate, then that would be because ion pump moderators cause stomach cancer. My bad: stomach cancer irrelevant to you.

You can't see ranitidine when it farts in your face: nitrosamines cause colon cancer. Why is that not relevant? Why is that not potentially more relevant than foo foo microbes? (By the way, I eat sour cream or yogurt when I eat meat or take e.g. glucosamine. YMMV.)

[m3047]

Squeeze this lemon till the juice come out: https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-omeprazole-cause-cancer-...

ddg:prilosec cancer

Buy some. Read the packaging. Fuck Amazon.

[pfdietz]

I have a package of generic omeprazole right in front of me. There is no cancer warning.

[m3047]

Fix it, so somebody doesn't have to die like you.