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Is 60mg famotidine a day safe ie 40mg am and 20mg pm. if so, is it better to take the 40mg at night or morning? i take it in the morning as food eaten during the day and at night i also add gaviscon advance. whats your opinion?
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It really depends on what you are treating. If your GI doctor recommends this dose to treat either ulcer disease or reflux, then the dose is ok, especially if it is short-term to treat ulcer disease. There can be long-term side effects so you want to follow up with the GI doctor and hopefully stop the medicine or reduce the dose when the condition you are treating has resolved. Good luck!
Answered 9/10/2023
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