Has anyone taken Zantac for heartburn in pregnancy?

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Currently 33 weeks and really struggling with heartburn. Drinking Gaviscon like it’s going out of fashion and I’ve tried all sorts to try and get rid of it/slightly improve it but nothing seems to be working! I’d seen someone recommend Zantac however I’m struggling to find anything official that states it safe in pregnancy?

Thanks!!

I was given it in hospital when I was admitted for a couple of weeks at the same gestation as you. I was also guven higher doses to take before each c section.

Take from that what you will, as I'm not a medical professional and don't want to state anything is 100% safe for you!

I took it when I had ran out of my omeprazole. Although, it helped a bit, I'd highly recommend booking a drs appointment and getting some omeprazole, it's literally saved my life!

Yep, I’ve been taking it twice a day since I was 8 weeks pregnant (14 weeks now), I have a hiatal hernia and was taking esomeprazole (nexium) before I found out I was pregnant and tried managing with just gaviscon for a couple of weeks and couldn’t. GP and midwife both said zantac was totally safe. I do still need gaviscon but only a couple of times a day.

Have you tried gaviscon advanced? I was in agony with heartburn with dd1 and eventually ended up on that. Much more powerful than normal gaviscon.

But id also recommend goinf to the doctor and see what they say

Yep I have been. GP said fine to take and pharmacist recommended a 150mg dose. It mostly worked well. I am now on to omeprazole by prescription as I found it worked better for me