If you have used Pepcid Complete and experienced an increase or decrease in acne, please tell us about it here. Be sure to include as much information as possible, including when you started taking Pepcid, the dosage, other side effects you experienced, and anything else that might be relevant. Acne is sometimes a side effect of prescription drug usage, but other times it has to do with hard-to-track-down lifestyle changes, bacteria in your gut, or nutrient deficiency. In our experience, the best way to treat acne is by eliminating sugar, flour, dairy, caffeine, and vegetable oils from your diet. Supplementing zinc, vitamin b complex, boron, melatonin, and SOD is likely to help as well.
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I am a 67 year old female. Growing up experienced very little acne. An occasional pimple here and there.
6 weeks ago I started using 20 mg of Famotidine 1x a day (Walmart’s generic substitute for Pepcid AC). Within days I started an intense breakout at the side creases of my mouth and the side creases of my nose. Eliminated the Famotidine and the acne cleared up.