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A member asked:

I'm on antibiotics (amoxicillin) andhave the worst stomach aches /heartburn. can i take prilosec and zantac (ranitidine) or will that counteract the amox?

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Take either: I can't recall any reason not to use either medicine for your discomfort. They should have no effect at all on the activities of the antibiotic. Your stomach meds work there & the capsule encases the abx so it glides past the stomach so it avoids the stomach acid. It is absorbed in the intestines before it starts to work.

Answered 3/31/2018

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