How to Use ranitidine in a Sentence

ranitidine

noun
Definition of ranitidinenext
  • Luckily, there are lots of drugs that can help you out with heartburn struggles that don’t contain ranitidine.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 6 Apr. 2020
  • As if things in the world of healthcare weren’t chaotic enough, last week the FDA pulled the popular heartburn medicine ranitidine, brand name Zantac, from the shelves due to a possible cancer link.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The move marks the first time the FDA has suggested drug makers should recall their heartburn medicines, which are called ranitidines, after opening a probe several weeks ago.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Currently, there is no recall of Zantac or any medicines that contain ranitidine.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • For patients taking prescription ranitidine, the FDA said to talk to your doctor about other treatment options before stopping the medicine.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Apr. 2020
  • As such, the pharmacy petitioned the FDA to request a recall of all products containing ranitidine.
    — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The moves come despite the fact that the FDA has not recalled Zantac or any brands that include ranitidine, nor has the agency recommended patients stop taking drugs with that ingredient.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Since then, the agency has confirmed that the issue is how ranitidine naturally breaks down in normal storage conditions, and has nothing to do with the way it is manufactured.
    — TheWeek, 2 Apr. 2020
  • No recalls have been initiated, and the agency said patients who take prescription versions of the drug, known as ranitidine, should consult with their doctors before stopping.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The company is testing both the active ingredient ranitidine by itself and the finished product.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The Food and Drug Administration this week disclosed additional recalls of ranitidine medicines, which treat stomach acid and ulcers.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Walmart is suspending the sale of all over-the counter ranitidine products, including the heartburn medication Zantac, becoming the latest retailer to pull the drug over growing concern about a possible link to cancer.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The possible carcinogen has also been detected in heartburn medicines known as ranitidines, such as Zantac, although an online pharmacy claims contamination is not the cause.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Stanford environmental researchers interested in how NDMA forms at low levels in wastewater measured levels of the carcinogen in the urine of 10 volunteers who took ranitidine.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The move comes as regulators attempt to understand why NDMA, an organic chemical that was once used to make rocket fuel and is an unintended byproduct of certain chemical reactions, was found in some ranitidine medicines.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The company first alerted U.S. regulators in June that Zantac and ranitidine products contained a probable carcinogen.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Even so, the warning has led some pharmacies and manufacturers to stop selling drugs containing Zantac's active ingredient, ranitidine.
    — Linda A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The agency is working with international regulators and industry partners to determine the source of this impurity in ranitidine.
    — oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2019
  • They are also sold under generic names, including famotidine, cimetidine and ranitidine.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2017
  • Some European regulators have initiated recalls of ranitidine made with active ingredient from Saraca as well.
    — Anna Edneybloomberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The move follows an investigation by U.S. and European regulators into the presence of a potentially cancer-causing impurity in Zantac and generic versions known chemically as ranitidine.
    — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019

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