Pepcid Complete: Package Insert / Prescribing Info
Package insert / product label
Generic name: famotidine, calcium carbonate, and magnesium hydroxide
Dosage form: tablet, chewable
Drug class: H2 antagonists
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 9, 2025.
Active Ingredient (in each tablet)
Famotidine 10 mg
Calcium carbonate 800 mg
Magnesium hydroxide 165 mg
Indications and Usage for Pepcid Complete
- relieves heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach
Warnings
Allergy alert:
Do not use if you are allergic to famotidine or other acid reducers
Do not use
- if you have trouble or pain swallowing food, vomiting with blood, or bloody or black stools. These may be signs of a serious condition. See your doctor.
- with other acid reducers
Ask a doctor before use if you have
- had heartburn over 3 months. This may be a sign of a more serious condition.
- heartburn with lightheadedness, sweating, or dizziness
- chest pain or shoulder pain with shortness of breath; sweating; pain spreading to arms, neck or shoulders; or lightheadedness
- frequent chest pain
- frequent wheezing, particularly with heartburn
- unexplained weight loss
- nausea or vomiting
- stomach pain
- kidney disease
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are
taking a prescription drug. Antacids and acid reducers may interact with certain prescription drugs.
Pepcid Complete Dosage and Administration
- adults and children 12 years and over:
- do not swallow tablet whole: chew completely
- to relieve symptoms, chew 1 tablet before swallowing.
- do not use more than 2 chewable tablets in 24 hours
- children under 12 years: ask a doctor
Storage and Handling
- each tablet contains: calcium 320 mg, magnesium 70 mg
- read the directions and warnings before use
- keep the carton. It contains important information.
- store at 20° - 25°C (68° - 77°F)
- protect from moisture
- do not use if pouch is torn or damaged
Inactive Ingredients
cellulose acetate, corn starch, crospovidone, D&C red no. 7 calcium lake, dextrose excipient, FD&C blue no. 1 aluminum lake, FD&C red no. 40 aluminum lake, flavors, gum arabic, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, maltodextrin, mineral oil, modified starch, sucralose
Distributed by: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division, Fort Washington, PA 19034 USA
©McNeil Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. 2022 US Patent Nos. 6,814,978
Repackaged with permission of manufacturer by:
Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Distributed by: Consumer Value Products, Inc., Temple, TX 76502
www.CVPproducts.com
| DUAL ACTION PEPCID COMPLETE
famotidine, calcium carbonate, and magnesium hydroxide tablet, chewable tablet, chewable |
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| Labeler - Lil' Drug Store Products, Inc. (093103646) |
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