lawsuits ads on TV claim it was the cause of some 5+ types of cancer.
luckily i hesitated as long as possible in order to try natural multiple non-rx options, so I never took it, but my dr prescribed this reflux rx ranitidine/zantac 2018/19 that she assured me was a safe drug, but 12-15 months later it was found to be contaminated with a cancer-causing agent NDMA and was subsequently pulled off the market Apr 1, 2020 by FDA after 40 years of high volume international doses.
wikipedia
Ranitidine was discovered in England in 1976, and came into commercial use in 1981. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is available as a generic medication. In 2019, it was the 53rd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 13 million prescriptions.
I don't blame my GP, how could she know? like consumers, she/we all assume every Rx goes through rigorous unbiased/untampered independent 3rd party trials and testing to be allowed market access. but it's not the case and often it's the opposite.
more importantly, this is not the first FDA approved drug to cause lethal damage to consumers who trusted the FDA stamp of approval. so buyer beware, doubt and verify, do your research. don't rush into any new Rx, wait a few years.
this validates why I have a general hesitation with all young medicines on the market (incl leaky vaccines) because all Rx claim to have 'good' safety profiles and some use fake/manipulated studies or involve corrupt FDA approvals. an Rx wouldn't be on the market if it didn't have a good safety profile, yet many are causing cancer and neurological for 40 years before FDA runs a key basic test to prove the drug was contaminated with a cancer-causing agent NDMA.
in my directive i aim to avoid newer drugs that don't have 20+ year safety studies, which wouldn't have prevented the 40-year run of ranitidine, but might be a compromise that reduces most issues. 40+ years would obviously be better.
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