PEPCID

This brand name is authorized in Canada, Spain, Finland, Ireland, United States

Active ingredients

The drug PEPCID contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Famotidine UNII 5QZO15J2Z8 - FAMOTIDINE

Famotidine is a potent competitive H2-receptor antagonist. Famotidine has a rapid onset of action and, at the recommended doses, has a long duration of action and is highly effective at relatively low blood concentrations. Read about Famotidine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
PEPCID Film-coated tablet	FDA, National Drug Code (US)	MPI, US: SPL/PLR
PEPCID AC Film-coated tablet	Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE)	MPI, EU: SmPC
PEPCID Oral suspension	FDA, National Drug Code (US)	MPI, US: SPL/PLR

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code	Group title	Classification
A02BA03	Famotidine	A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A02 Drugs for acid related disorders → A02B DRUGS FOR PEPTIC ULCER AND GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GORD) → A02BA H2-receptor antagonists
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02185938
Country: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 62090
Country: FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	Identifier(s): 082818, 082909, 572007
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 0187-4420, 0187-4440, 65649-211