To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: FDA Approves Pepcid Complete (Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Hydroxide) For Heartburn And Acid Indigestion URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/1E4A16.htm Doctor's Guide October 17, 2000
FT. WASHINGTON, PA -- October 17, 2000 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for marketing Pepcid® Complete (800 mg. calcium carbonate and 165 mg. magnesium hydroxide) a new way to treat heartburn and acid indigestion for the approximate 100 million consumers who suffer from these problems. Pepcid Complete is the first and only non-prescription, combination heartburn tablet developed specifically to safely and effectively stop acid indigestion fast and deliver long-lasting relief in a single tablet. Pepcid Complete marks the most important advance in the non-prescription heartburn remedy category since 1995, when Pepcid AC became the first acid reducer (technically known as an H2 antagonist) to be available over-the- counter. Pepcid Complete's patented dual-action formula combines two medicines to relieve heartburn in two ways. The Pepcid Complete formula consists of a fast-acting chewable antacid (800 mg. calcium carbonate and 165 mg. magnesium hydroxide) that starts to neutralize acid on contact, and the acid-controlling power of Pepcid AC (10 mg. famotidine) to prevent the production of excess acid at the source while continuing to control acid for up to 12 hours. "Pepcid Complete is the culmination of a five-year clinical development program to identify a heartburn compound that works fast and keeps symptoms from coming back," said Scott Korn, M.D., F.A.C.P., Senior Director Worldwide OTC Development, Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Company. "Until now, sufferers have had to manage a variety of medicines to relieve their symptoms, choosing speed or duration of relief." Research shows that many of the 100 million Americans suffering from heartburn use more than one product to get relief. "Now there's no trade off. With Pepcid Complete, consumers have the best of both worlds -- rapid and long lasting relief in one single tablet," continued Dr. Korn. "Antacids alone only neutralize stomach acid temporarily and acid controllers can take a while to start working," explains Michael Wolfe, M.D., Chief of the Gastroenterology Section at Boston University Medical Center, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine. "Nothing is faster at controlling acid than Pepcid Complete. In addition, no other heartburn remedy has more strength to keep heartburn and acid indigestion from coming back." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.