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The poison is created by ranitidine itself.
The poison is created by ranitidine itself. Zantac’s makers and health regulators around the world recalled the drug, and in the spring of2020 the FDA forced it off the market altogether.
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In March 1988, Glaxo commissioned a Gallup Poll titled “Heartburn Across America,” It found 44% of the adult population suffered heartburn monthly. Zantac could be prescribed for heartburn by then, but plenty of antacids were available that didn’t require a prescription. Glaxo promoted the survey on television and in print. The ads noted that heartburn and other symptoms of chronic reflux could signal diseases such as ulcers and suggested seeing a physician.
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The analyst wrote that academic research in the US suggested that, under certain conditions in the stomach, ranitidine could form a potentially dangerous compound.
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For years, Glaxo counted on Zantac for nearly half of its sales and almost as much of its profit.
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Plaintiffs’ lawyer:
Plaintiffs’ lawyer: At any time when Zantac had been on the market for almost soyears, did Glaxo cause anyone to test for the presence of NDMA, a probable human carcinogen, in the product it was selling to American consumers known as Zantac?
Glaxo senior medical adviser: Not to my knowledge.
—Deposition, June 2021
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