Think Twice Before Reaching for the Zantac: Popular Antacid a Possible Carcinogen
And More Importantly — Recommendations from Your Licensed Naturopathic Doctor on How to Treat Heartburn and GERD Naturally
The pharmaceutical world is still reeling since news hit that Ranitidine (or Zantac,) the popular antacid used to treat heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has a tendency to break down into a cancer-causing agent. Over 15 million prescriptions are written each year for babies, children and adults and many more people find Zantac over the counter.
Valisure, a pharmaceutical company that tests the drugs it sells, filed a petition with the FDA that read in part:
“Valisure tests all batches of all its medications for quality and consistency issues and through such tests detected extremely high levels of N-Nitrososdimethylamine (“NDMA”), a probable human carcinogen, in every lot tested, across multiple manufacturers and dosage forms of the drug ranitidine.”
