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Maximum Strength Pepcid AC in Icy Cool Mint Flavor 40 tablets
PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Icy Cool Mint Drug Facts
PEPCID AC® Icy Cool Mint provides an instant cool sensation
Chill out your heartburn
PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Icy Cool Mint lasts all day
PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Icy Cool Mint protects day and night
#1 recommended by doctors
FSA & HSA Eligible
Maximum Strength Pepcid AC in Icy Cool Mint Flavor 40 tablets
PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Icy Cool Mint Drug Facts
PEPCID AC® Icy Cool Mint provides an instant cool sensation
Chill out your heartburn
PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Icy Cool Mint lasts all day
PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Icy Cool Mint protects day and night
#1 recommended by doctors
FSA & HSA Eligible

PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Heartburn Relief & Acid Reducer, Icy Cool Mint, 20 mg Famotidine Tablets

PEPCID AC® Maximum Strength Heartburn Relief Tablets in Icy Cool Mint Flavor offer long-lasting relief from heartburn symptoms and acid indigestion. Each acid reflux medicine tablet contains 20 mg of famotidine, a powerful acid reducer that helps you find quick heartburn relief and control acid all day or night.*

The icy cool mint flavor provides an instant cooling sensation, making this fast-acting over-the-counter heartburn relief medicine with famotidine easy and pleasant to take.

Adults and children 12 and older should swallow one tablet with a glass of water; do not chew. Do not take more than two tablets in 24 hours.

*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.

This website contains current product information and may differ from the information on the product packaging you may have. If you have any questions, please contact the Consumer Care Center (CCC) at 1-800-755-4008.

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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

*Among OTC H2 blockers.

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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Product Details

• relieves heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach
• prevents heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach brought on by eating or drinking certain food and beverages

Active Ingredient (In Each Tablet) Famotidine 20 Mg
Purpose Acid Reducer
Inactive Ingredients Carnauba Wax, Fd&C Blue No. 1 Aluminum Lake, Flavors, Hypromellose 2910, Magnesium Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Polyethylene Glycol, Polysorbate 80, Pregelatinized Starch, Sucralose, Talc, Titanium Dioxide

Do not use if foil inner seal imprinted with SEALED FOR YOUR SAFETY is broken or missing
• adults and children 12 years and over:
• to relieve symptoms, swallow 1 tablet with a glass of water. Do not chew.
• to prevent symptoms, swallow 1 tablet with a glass of water at any time from 10 to 60 minutes before eating food or drinking beverages that cause heartburn
• do not use more than 2 tablets in 24 hours
• children under 12 years: ask a doctor

Other information • read the directions and warnings before use • keep the carton. It contains important information. • store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F) • protect from moisture
Questions or comments? 1-800-755-4008 (toll-free) or 215-273-8755 (collect)

Allergy alert : Do not use if you are allergic to famotidine or other acid reducers Do not use • if you have trouble or pain swallowing food, vomiting with blood, or bloody or black stools. These may be signs of a serious condition. See your doctor. • with other acid reducers Ask a doctor before use if you have • had heartburn over 3 months. This may be a sign of a more serious condition. • heartburn with lightheadedness, sweating, or dizziness • chest pain or shoulder pain with shortness of breath; sweating; pain spreading to arms, neck or shoulders; or lightheadedness • frequent chest pain • frequent wheezing, particularly with heartburn • unexplained weight loss • nausea or vomiting • stomach pain • kidney disease Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are taking a prescription drug. Acid reducers may interact with certain prescription drugs. Stop use and ask a doctor if • your heartburn continues or worsens • you need to take this product for more than 14 days If pregnant or breast-feeding , ask a health professional before use. Keep out of reach of children. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. (1-800-222-1222)

  • Relieves heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach

  • Prevents heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach brought on by
    eating or drinking certain food and beverages

Maximum Strength PEPCID AC®:

Adults and children 12 years and over:

  • To relieve symptoms, swallow 1 tablet with a glass of water. Do not chew.

  • To prevent symptoms, swallow 1 tablet with a glass of water at any time from 10 to 60 minutes before eating food or drinking beverages that cause heartburn

  • Do not use more than 2 tablets in 24 hours

Children under 12 years: ask a doctor

  • Read the directions and warnings before use

  • Keep the carton – it contains important information

  • Store at 20°-25°C (68°-77°F)

  • Protect from moisture


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*Among OTC H2 blockers.

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