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Question on Ranitidine
My doctor had prescribed me Ranitidine for long term use and I had been consuming it for almost 1.5 yrs and later on in the newspapers it was published that Ranitidine is carcinogenic.
Since I have been consuming it for such a long time , am I under risk ?
Why do the doctors prescribe drugs without prior evaluation ?
When a drug is carcinogenic, why prescribe it ?
Firstly he told me that Ranitidine is safe but later on he had no answers.
You plz help me.
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Ranitidine has been used for decades even by doctors themselves and by there families too, without any such known side effects.
This evidence has been come into knowledge just a few months back and still a lot of Doctors are unaware of this. But since this discovery ranitidine has been largely removed from the market.
So this is not actually Doctor's fault.
Also this side effect occurs after years of usage. So nothing to worry.
But u should not take it further.
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