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Ive heard prilosec can cause magnesium deficiency. what about pepcid (famotidine)?
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Pepcid (famotidine): is an anti-histamine medication and has a different mechanism of action as opposed to prilosec, a proton pump inhibitor. Hypomagnesemia is listed as an uncommon reaction to prilosec but I have not encountered this in my practice.
Answered 5/26/2019
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