# Possible treatment: famotidine (Pepcid)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630 "2020-04-26T19:55:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630/21 "2020-04-30T02:46:45Z")

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> [@Fair\_Rarity](#):
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> When I was nursing a common suggestion was using domperidone to increase milk. I guess it’s a normal side effect. Problem is that it’s not FDA approved so people had to drive to Canada or go to a compounding pharmacy. It’s supposed to be a great antacid. Oh well. I guess if things don’t clear up I’ll be on facebook bartering toilet paper and homemade masks for pepcid.

I had never heard of that! Domperidone is used as an antinausea remedy, and there are some overlaps between that mechanism and the one that promotes lactation. (Big old Venn diagram of brain chemicals, in this case involving dopamine.)

Yeah, I’m waiting for mustard plasters to make a comeback.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630/22 "2020-04-30T02:53:24Z")

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> [@Mama\_Zappa](#):
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> …More vaguely-informed rambling: If Prilosec etc. do a better job of blocking acid production, that in itself might increase risk of some ailments; stomach acid neutralizes some pathogens (users of PPIs have more risk of c-diff and campylobacter infections). As in, an acid reducer does less to reduce, well, acid, so there’s more acid to clobber the virus. I wonder if there’s anything to that “just came up with it” wild-assed theory of mine?

> [@Skypist](#):
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> I heard about a report years ago that people were more likely to get pneumonia when on omeprazole and it was speculated that this could be because of less acid being available to kill germs. Not sure what happened with that research.

Yeah, that would have been my guess. Not that Zantac is helpful, but that Prilosec is harmful, because it blocks too much acid

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-treatment-famotidine-pepcid/852630/23 "2020-04-30T02:56:52Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> Yeah, I’m waiting for mustard plasters to make a comeback.

Don’t forget the [Smeckler’s Powder](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfRPJtmHAM).

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