The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday it is requesting manufacturers remove all prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine drugs from the market immediately. This is the latest ...

December 12, 2011 — Very-low-birth-weight newborns given ranitidine, a therapy for stress ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), are about 6 times more likely to die than similar newborns ...

Nitrosamine impurities in the H2 inhibitor ranitidine (Zantac) do not appear to be converted to N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable human carcinogen, in a healthy population, according to a ...

A list of recalled versions of ranitidine, the heartburn/digestive medication called “Zantac” in name-brand form, now includes Publix’s over-the-counter store brand. Publix Maximum Strength Ranitidine ...

With its promise of taming the ravages of stomach acid, ranitidine—best known under the brand name Zantac—was counted among the agents of pharmaceutical salvation, the enduring and reliable drugs that ...

Walmart will suspend sales of over-the-counter ranitidine products, including Zantac, after the Food and Drug Administration discovered an impurity that has been linked to cancer in the popular ...

The FDA has approved a reformulated version of ranitidine tablets that includes new storage conditions to address previous safety concerns regarding impurity formation. The Food and Drug ...

The popular heartburn drug ranitidine, the generic form of Zantac, was linked to cancer in September, prompting some voluntary recalls of the drug and an investigation by the Food and Drug ...

CVS Pharmacy announced it's pulling the heartburn medication Zantac from its shelves over a possible link to cancer. The popular over-the-counter drug and CVS' own generic brand — ranitidine — will ...

If you go to your local pharmacy or convenience store, you won’t be able to find any Zantac or other products made out of ranitidine. At least, you shouldn’t. But it’s not because people are hoarding ...