Pepcid Oral Suspension and Promacta

• Generic Name: famotidine
• Dosage Forms: powder for oral suspension
• Other Brand Names: Pepcid Oral Suspension, Pepcid, Heartburn Relief, Pepcid AC, Pepcid AC Maximum Strength, Pepcid AC Chewable Tablets

• It is used to treat or prevent GI (gastrointestinal) ulcers.
• It is used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD; acid reflux).
• It is used to treat heartburn and sour stomach.
• It is used to treat syndromes caused by lots of stomach acid.
• It may be given to you for other reasons. Talk with the doctor.

• Generic Name: eltrombopag
• Dosage Forms: tablet, film coated
• Other Brand Names: Promacta

Promacta (eltrombopag) is a man-made form of a protein that increases production of platelets (blood-clotting cells) in your body. Eltrombopag can lower the risk of bleeding by increasing platelets in your blood.

Promacta is used to prevent bleeding episodes in people with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a bleeding condition caused by a lack of platelets in the blood. This medicine is for use in adults and children who are at least 1 year old, after other medicines have been tried without success.

Promacta is also used to prevent bleeding in adults with chronic hepatitis C who are treated with an interferon (such as Intron A, Infergen, Pegasys, PegIntron, Rebetron, Redipen, or Sylatron).

Promacta is also used together with other medications to treat severe aplastic anemia in adults and children who are at least 2 years old.

Promacta is not a cure for ITP and it will not make your platelet counts normal if you have this condition.