Ranitidine

National Pharmacy Omnicare Pays 'Unusual' Settlement to Resolve Charges of Generic Drug Switching in Delaware Nursing Homes, Resulting From 'Qui Tam' Lawsuit

...the government set maximum prices that Medicaid would pay for the tablets. ranitidine capsules were infrequently prescribed, and had no maximum prices. Allegedly, Omnicare switched patients' prescriptions for ranitidine tablets to the expensive capsules -- costing taxpayers up to 400% more. For...

Par Pharmaceutical Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results

...cts. Products which experienced significant volume and pricing declines included fluticasone, propranolol, cabergoline, various amoxicillin products, ranitidine syrup, tramadol HCl and acetaminophen tablets driven by Par's exit from the market, and lower royalty payments of ondansetron tablets, among others. ...

Walgreens to Pay $35 Million to U.S., 46 States & Puerto Rico to Settle Medicaid Prescription Drug Fraud Allegations

...tes over 5,000 retail pharmacies throughout the U.S., switched the prescriptions for Medicaid patients who were prescribed 150 mg or 300 mg tablets of ranitidine to more expensive capsules; prescriptions for 10 mg or 20 mg capsules of Fluoxetine to more expensive tablets; and prescriptions for 5 mg tablets of E...

Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Efforts to Combat Health Care Fraud and Abuse

...greed to pay the United States, 23 states, and the District of Columbia $36.7 million to resolve allegations that it substituted capsules of ranitidine (generic Zantac) for tablets solely to significantly increase the cost and profit rather than for any legitimate medical reason. -- Medt...

Par Pharmaceutical Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

... following products: fluticasone, propranolol, various amoxicillin products, tramadol HCl and acetaminophen tablets, glyburide/metformin, cabergoline, ranitidine syrup, as well as lower royalties. Partially offsetting these decreases were increased sales of metoprolol resulting from the launch of additional str...

Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly

...." Common anticholinergic medicines cited in the study included the blood pressure medication nifedipine (Adalat or Procardia), the stomach antacid ranitidine (Zantac) and the incontinence medication tolterodine (Detrol). The findings, which involved more than 3,000 people, average age 78, were scheduled ...

Commonly used medications associated with impaired physical function in older adults

...MS participants include the blood pressure medication nifedipine (Adalat or Procardia), which has mild anticholinergic properties, the stomach antacid ranitidine (Zantac), which has moderate anticholinergic properties, and the incontinence medication tolterodine (Detrol), which is highly anticholinergic. In ...

Attorney General Corbett Announces $36.7 Million Multi-State Settlement With CVS/Caremark in National Dosage-Switching Investigation

...tlement, CVS was accused of making wholesale changes in the dosage form for ranitidine prescriptions without the involvement of patients' doctors, violating numer...ram for higher prescription payments that were generated by the switch from ranitidine tablets to capsules. Corbett said the multi-state settlement also requi...

CVS Caremark Corp. to Pay $36.7 Million to U.S., 23 States, & D.C. to Settle Medicaid Prescription Drug Fraud Allegations

...s from the tablet version of the prescription drug ranitidine (generic Zantac) to a more expensive capsule versi...tionwide. By dispensing the capsule version of ranitidine rather than tablets, CVS Caremark was able to subs..., Caremark charged Illinois Medicaid $79.80 for 60 ranitidine capsules instead of $17.10 for the tablets, leadin...

CVS, America's Largest Pharmacy Chain, Pays Nearly $37 Million to Settle Federal and State Generic Drug Switching Charges

...edicaid would pay for tablets, while infrequently prescribed ranitidine capsules had no maximum prices. When CVS switched patients' prescriptions from ranitidine tablets to the expensive capsules, it cost taxpayers up to 400 percent more, according to court documents. This CVS case was pursued under federal a...

Ranitidine in Medical Technology

Liponex Inc. Reports Further Analysis of CRD5 Phase I/II Clinical Trial Data

... levels from baseline at the 3 gram CRD5 dosing level. Of note, several patients were identified to have taken proton pump inhibitors (PPI), such as ranitidine and lansoprazole, which inhibit the secretion of gastric acid and reduce the acidity of the stomach. Patients that took PPI regularly during the trial...

Ranitidine in Medical Dictionary

Duodenal ulcers

...r . ... Duodenal ulcers are almost never due to cancer. ... Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- A Controlled Study of ranitidine for the Prevention of Recurrent Hemorrhage from Duodenal Ulcer ... the stomach (gastric ulcer ) or in the duodenum ( duodenal ulcer ), ...

Duodenal ulcer

...mmon forms of digestive ulcer are duodenal and gastric. ... Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- A Controlled Study of ranitidine for the Prevention of Recurrent Hemorrhage from Duodenal Ulcer Peptic ulcer — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment an...

Ranitidine in Biological Technology

Par Pharmaceutical Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

... the three month period decreased 36.4% to $92.9 million compared with the same period in 2007 due to competitive pressure, including for fluticasone, ranitidine HCl syrup, cabergoline, and a decline in many of the Company's other products due to pricing pressures as well as lower royalties driven from ondanset...