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How does Zantac® (aka ranitidine®) cause stomach (gastric) cancer?
Glaxo Holdings Ltd® (aka GSK® or GlaxoSmithKline®) created and sold Zantac® beginning in 1983 to reduce excess acid produced in stomach cells.
It was first approved for short-term use only by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for its potential to cause stomach (gastric) cancer if prescribed in long-term use–however, Zantac® began being marketed for long-term maintenance use.
Since over-the-counter Zantac® (aka ranitidine®) contains high levels of the potentially dangerous chemical N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), it has potentially been linked to several types of lifelong cancers–including stomach (gastric) cancer.
- The FDA advises the public to not ingest more than 96 nanograms of NDMA daily.
- Although food and water can both be contaminated with NDMA, the known levels of the chemical aren’t enough to cause actual harm.
- One 150mg tablet of ranitidine showed more than 47,000 nanograms of NDMA in urine samples tested.
We believe that these stomach (gastric) cancer victims should get the compensation and justice they deserve by addressing the makers of Zantac® (aka ranitidine®) in a court of law.
Zantac® and Stomach (Gastric) Cancer in the News
2021
One recent human study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) examined the potential relationship between taking blood pressure medications contaminated with NDMA and stomach (gastric) cancer.
2020
On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked that all ranitidine medicines, including the medicine commonly known as Zantac, be taken off the market due to the risk of causing stomach (gastric) cancer.
2016
In 2016, researchers found that healthy men and women who took a normal dose of the heartburn medicine ranitidine, often known by the brand name Zantac, had extremely high levels of a chemical known as NDMA, a probable stomach (gastric) cancer-causing substance.