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Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® Tablets front pack
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® Tablets Drug Facts
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® works in minutes
One Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® lasts all day
#1 recommended by doctors
PEPCID #1 Brand for heartburn prevention
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® protects day and night
FSA & HSA Eligible
Enjoy your favorite foods without heartburn
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® Tablets front pack
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® Tablets Drug Facts
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® works in minutes
One Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® lasts all day
#1 recommended by doctors
PEPCID #1 Brand for heartburn prevention
Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® protects day and night
FSA & HSA Eligible
Enjoy your favorite foods without heartburn

Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® Tablets with Famotidine

From the #1 doctor recommended OTC acid reducer brand, Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® tablets with famotidine work before, during, or after the start of heartburn symptoms.

Relax knowing you have Maximum Strength PEPCID AC® on your side all day or all night† as it works fast to relieve heartburn and is strong enough to prevent heartburn.*

†Based on 9-hour acid control studies during the day and 12-hour acid control studies during the night. Acid control does not imply symptom relief.

*Prevents heartburn if taken 10 to 60 minutes before a meal.

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The PEPCID® brand:

  • Has provided safe & effective heartburn relief for 35 years when used as directed

  • Delivers clinically proven, heartburn relief you can trust

  • Is the #1 selling H2 brand for preventing and treating heartburn with one pill

  • Is #1 doctor recommended OTC acid reducer brand

Ingredient Spotlight

A Famotidine chemical compound illustration. Famotidine is in Pepcid® heartburn medication.
Famotidine 20 mg

Histamine-2 blocker (H2 blocker) that helps to reduce acid production

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Line of Pepcid® heartburn relief and acid reducer products

#1 Doctor Recommended OTC Acid Reducer Brand

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