Famotidine and Norvir

• Generic Name: famotidine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Pepcid, Heartburn Relief, Pepcid AC, Pepcid AC Maximum Strength, Pepcid AC Chewable Tablets, Pepcid Oral Suspension

Famotidine is a histamine-2 blocker that works by decreasing the amount of acid the stomach produces.

Famotidine is used to treat and prevent ulcers in the stomach and intestines. It also treats conditions in which the stomach produces too much acid, such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Famotidine also treats gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other conditions in which acid backs up from the stomach into the esophagus, causing heartburn.

• Generic Name: ritonavir
• Dosage Forms: capsule
• Other Brand Names: Norvir, Norvir Soft Gelatin

Norvir (ritonavir) is an antiviral medicine that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from multiplying in your body.

Norvir is used together with other antiviral medicines to treat HIV, the virus that can cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Norvir is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.