What this pack is
Pepcid AC Original Strength is the brand name in this record; famotidine is the generic name. Read both together with the dosage form (oral tablet).
PACK CHECK · MARKET FIRST
Pepcid AC Original StrengthGeneric namefamotidine
How this medicine works
The current public label classifies famotidine as an H2 blocker and describes competitive inhibition of histamine action at gastric-cell H2 receptors, reducing gastric-acid secretion. This mechanism helps read the medicine class and family boundaries; it does not predict an individual's symptom cause, response, suitability, tablet count, interval or co-use with another stomach medicine.
Read source: United States ↗reviewed 2026-08-20More about its action and precautions →Check the market, names, dosage form and route together
A medicine may use different brand names across markets. Keep the market, brand, generic name, dosage form and route together; one matching field does not prove that two packs are the same or interchangeable.
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Use these fields when the pack, market name or package image needs closer checking. They are evidence boundaries, not substitution instructions.
- International brand name
- Pepcid AC Original Strength
- Generic name
- famotidine
- Dosage-form class
- Famotidine film-coated oral tablets (OTC): 10 mg per tablet; this dossier precisely displays NDC 16837-872-20, a 30-tablet carton (3 blisters × 10 tablets)
- Route
- Oral
- Package-image status
- A source-linked public label image is available below
No source-verifiable mainland-China trade-name cue has been established for this record. This does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Check pack text and current CDE/NMPA records item by item.
FOR EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
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What this page can show
This is a source-traceable public record. It helps you read the product identity and its listed source documents; each market still needs its own current record check.
What to bring to the next conversation
Bring the actual pack, the label or prescription, and a complete medicine list when you speak with a pharmacist or clinician.
NEXT SAFE STEP
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A question about changing, combining or splitting?Put the exact packs on one list before a pharmacist or prescriber checks the full context.Open the family medicine list →A question about cost, reimbursement or availability?First lock the market, exact presentation and date. Use local official reimbursement, hospital or pharmacy channels for a current answer rather than a web estimate.Open regulator and market-record entry points →Unsure about a pack or a cross-border product?Photo reading can return possible record matches only. Check the actual product against the current regulator record for its market.Identify pack text locally →Saw a recall, approval or procurement headline?Open the original publisher, then match its product, market and date. Do not make a stop or switch decision from a headline.Read primary-source news →
PRODUCT PRESENTATION IDENTITY
Strength, pack and device identity
Package strength is not an individual dose. These fields help identify the exact labelled product; they do not calculate how much, how often, a missed-use action, splitting, switching or conversion.
How to read a score line: ‘scored’ or ‘unscored’ first identifies this labelled presentation. A score line by itself does not permit self-splitting, reducing or changing the product. Only an explicit statement in the current label for this exact presentation, checked with a pharmacist against the prescription, can support any further handling.
1 source-backed strength, pack or device records — open the full list
First match the market, dosage form and labelled amount on the pack in hand. The number of tablets, sachets or devices in a pack is not a personal dose or schedule.
United States label · DailyMed SPL v20; updated 6 Feb 2026 and published 11 Feb 2026
Famotidine 10 mg per tablet; 30-tablet carton (3 blisters × 10 tablets)
- Product code
- NDC 16837-872-20
- Form and route
- famotidine film-coated oral tablet (OTC) · oral
- Container
- 30-tablet carton (3 blisters × 10 tablets)
- Units in each inner container
- 10 tablets per blisterPackage identity only; not an individual amount to take
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-08-19; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- famotidine
- 10 mglabelled amount per tablet/caplet; not an individual's tablet count
- Package
- 30 tablets per carton
- Labelled appearance
- white tablet (as shown on the package panel) · exact tablet shape not established by this package panel · imprint not established from this package panelUnscored in this labelled presentation
PUBLIC LABEL IMAGE
Appearance and package-text clues
This current public-label package panel helps check the brand, generic name, strength and dosage-form clues only. It does not authenticate a product in hand or establish originator status, availability, sale eligibility, another package or another market.
Open the public label source ↗LABEL READING · NOT A PRESCRIPTION
PEPCID AC Original Strength label reading: 10 mg is the labelled amount per tablet and 30 tablets identify the package
Reading level: drug-specific label reading. This record has been expanded around its dosage form or a higher-risk reading question; the current target-market label and professional review still apply.
This module reads only PEPCID AC Original Strength, famotidine 10 mg, NDC 16837-872-20 and the 30-tablet carton in the current U.S. public label. It provides no individual tablet count, interval, course, missed-use handling, co-use with another stomach medicine or switching plan.
- Check the complete brand name, famotidine, 10 mg per tablet, NDC 16837-872-20, the 30-tablet carton (3 blisters × 10 tablets), film-coated oral tablet and target market together. Seeing only “Pepcid”, “famotidine” or “30 tablets” does not prove another strength, package or market product is the same.
- 10 mg is the ingredient amount in each tablet of this labelled product; 30 tablets and 10 tablets per blister only describe the package. They are not rules for how many tablets a person should use at once, how often, for how long, how to make up a missed use or whether to double.
- PEPCID AC Maximum Strength 20 mg is not this 10 mg strength; PEPCID Complete also contains calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide and is a combination product. A shared brand, similar use or heartburn wording does not establish self-switching, combining or alternating.
- When using prescription medicines, OTC products, supplements or another acid-reducing/gastrointestinal product, take every actual pack and the complete medicine list to a pharmacist or clinician for review. Difficulty swallowing, vomiting blood, black stools, unexplained weight loss, chest pain or another acute/serious concern requires local medical support first; this page does not decide self-starting, continuing, stopping or changing.
PHARMACOVIGILANCE · OFFICIAL ROUTES
Check safety information in the right market
Start with the public label or product record linked to this dossier, then use the official safety routes below for the market that applies to the medicine in hand.
Match five details before using a safety record
- Brand and generic nameBoth must match the medicine named by the record.
- Dosage form and strengthTablet, capsule, injection, inhaler, patch and eye drop are not interchangeable.
- Market and notice dateA record applies only to the country or region and date it names.
- Lot, pack and manufacturerRecord these only when the official notice specifically names them.
- Current product informationA historical record may have been superseded by the current label.
This checklist only helps organise the right question. It does not create a personal conclusion about stopping, switching, dose, combination or suitability.
This dossier’s product-level source checkU.S. National Library of Medicine DailyMed · United States · Public medicine label · 2026-08-20
This dossier’s publicly accessible product-level route has been checked individually. It does not mean that real-time alerts in every country or region have been searched, or that the medicine has or does not have a current risk.
Markets actually represented by the reviewed product documents
- United States · 1
This is a document-coverage summary, not a claim that the medicine is authorised, supplied, interchangeable or actively monitored in every listed market today.
This record’s label or product-record routeDailyMed (NLM): current U.S. PEPCID AC Original Strength famotidine public label (Kenvue; SPL v20) ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
This is not a conclusion that the medicine has no risk, warning, recall or newer notice in another market. Start with the checked product-level label above, then use the official market gateways below for the product in hand.
See the reviewed safety-record directory →Global official safety gateways
- NMPA Centre for Drug Reevaluation · Mainland ChinaPrimary NMPA Drug Evaluation Centre gateway for drug-vigilance bulletins, safety notices and adverse-reaction monitoring. Exact products still require checking approval number, dosage form, strength, authorisation holder and notice date item by item.Drug-vigilance bulletins and safety notices ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA · United StatesPrimary FDA pages for important new safety issues, labelling changes and risk communications.Drug Safety Communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA MedWatch · United StatesU.S. MedWatch safety-information and reporting gateway; a report does not itself establish causality.Safety information and serious-problem reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- EMA · European Union / European Economic AreaOfficial EU gateway for pharmacovigilance, suspected adverse-reaction reports and PRAC safety assessment.Pharmacovigilance overview and EudraVigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MHRA · United KingdomPrimary UK MHRA medicine-safety updates for professionals and the public.Drug Safety Update ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- PMDA · JapanPMDA’s English official safety gateway; exact products still require checking against the Japanese product page and current documents.Medicine safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MFDS · Republic of KoreaMFDS’s primary index for medicine safety letters in the Republic of Korea. The original notices are in Korean and must be read against the named product, dosage form, market and date; they do not automatically apply in another market or decide an individual case.Medicine safety letters ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- HSA · SingaporeHSA’s public Singapore gateway for suspected adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information. A report does not itself establish individual causality; exact products still require checking Singapore registration status, dosage form, strength, date and current product information.Adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Health Canada · CanadaHealth Canada’s public MedEffect gateway for medicine and health-product advisories, warnings, recalls, reporting and safety information. Exact products still require checking market, dosage form, strength, notice date and lot item by item.MedEffect Canada: advisories, warnings and recalls ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- TGA · AustraliaPrimary Australian TGA safety alerts, advisories and monitoring information for therapeutic products.Medicine safety alerts ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Swissmedic · SwitzerlandOfficial Swissmedic gateway for pharmacovigilance, signal assessment and suspected adverse-reaction reporting; a report or signal does not itself confirm individual causality.Pharmacovigilance and suspected adverse-reaction reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Medsafe · New ZealandNew Zealand Medsafe gateway for public and professional medicine safety communications and archives; older notices may have been superseded by current product information.Medicine safety communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- SAHPRA · South AfricaSAHPRA’s safety-information, alerts and pharmacovigilance gateway for the public and professionals in South Africa. An official alert does not itself mean a product is unsafe in every circumstance; exact products still require checking South African registration status, dosage form, strength, notice date and current product information.Medicine safety information, alerts and pharmacovigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- WHO · GlobalWHO’s cross-market safety-alert archive; every historical notice must be read against its date, named product and market.Medicine and vaccine safety-alert archive ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Anvisa · BrazilAnvisa’s primary Brazilian pharmacovigilance gateway for alerts, bulletins, risk communication and VigiMed reporting. Exact products still require checking Brazilian authorisation status, dosage form, strength and notice date item by item.Pharmacovigilance, alerts and VigiMed ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
This card brings together the medicine-specific product route and 15 market-level official vigilance gateways. It does not mean real-time alerts for this medicine have been searched in every country or region, or that the medicine has a new alert, recall or risk conclusion. Match brand, generic name, dosage form, strength, market and notice date item by item; do not self-stop, switch, increase or reduce use from a headline.
For severe or rapidly worsening symptoms, suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or another emergency, use local emergency services. Do not wait for an online alert search or change a medicine from this page.
PRIVATE FAMILY LIST
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Only the brand, generic name, dosage form and route are added, and they stay in this browser. Copy strength, label directions, start/stop history and any concern from the actual pack; this tool does not calculate a dose or decide combination, switching or stopping.
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Six checks for this medicine pack
Use this card to organise questions about Pepcid AC Original Strength (famotidine). Keep the exact pack, its current label and the full medicine list together.
Identify the exact product
Pepcid AC Original Strength is the brand in this record and famotidine is the active-ingredient name. Check both with the dosage form (Famotidine film-coated oral tablets (OTC): 10 mg per tablet; this dossier precisely displays NDC 16837-872-20, a 30-tablet carton (3 blisters × 10 tablets)) and the market on the actual pack.
Read the labelled strength in context
mg, mcg, mg/mL or a percentage describes the labelled amount in one tablet, capsule, measured volume, spray or other unit. It is not an answer to how many units a person should take.
Check before splitting or opening
Before splitting, crushing, chewing or opening anything, find an explicit instruction for this exact product in its current label and ask a pharmacist. A score line or a previous pack is not enough by itself.
Put every product on one list
Include prescriptions, over-the-counter products, eye drops, creams, vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements. A pharmacist or prescriber needs the whole list before any combination, alternation, switch or stop is considered.
Ask a specific pharmacogenetics question
Ask which medicine, which gene and what clinical decision a result could change. A gene–drug association does not mean broad genetic testing is needed for everyone and must not be used to change treatment without professional review.
Know when to seek urgent help
For a suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, fainting or difficulty breathing, use the local emergency or poison-information service now. Do not wait for a website reply or alter several medicines to test what caused it.
This card does not calculate a dose, decide whether medicines can be combined, or replace a clinician or pharmacist. Market-specific current labels and the person's full context still need review.
HOW IT WORKS · NOT A TREATMENT PLAN
How famotidine works: it blocks a histamine H2 receptor pathway related to gastric-acid secretion
- “H2 blocker” and “reduces gastric-acid secretion” describe class and pathway; they are not tools for determining the cause, risk or individual suitability from heartburn, stomach pain, night-time discomfort or one package photograph.
- Products involving gastric acid or digestive discomfort may have different ingredients, strengths, forms or combinations. A mechanism word does not prove that PEPCID Complete, a 20 mg product, another acid reducer or another-market package can be self-combined, alternated or substituted.
- A mechanism explanation cannot manage persistent or worsening symptoms, swallowing difficulty, bleeding-related signs, chest pain, complex polypharmacy or another acute concern. Use local medical and pharmacist/clinician support first rather than deriving a plan from a webpage.
SOURCE EVIDENCE REGISTER
Source evidence map
Every public link is labelled with its market, document status and document type. A historical public record is not a current label, and an official lookup entry is not a product-specific record.
SOURCE-TRACEABLE ARCHIVE
Pepcid AC Original Strengthfamotidine
This page includes an exact current U.S. public-label package panel for Pepcid AC Original Strength, alongside documentary primary-source material. It helps check product identity, but does not itself establish originator status, product quality, availability or sale eligibility.
DOCUMENT TIMELINE
Document timeline
Current PEPCID AC Original Strength label updated
DailyMed lists 6 Feb 2026 as the Updated date for this U.S. public label. This page uses it only to check Original Strength 10 mg, NDC 16837-872-20 and the 30-tablet carton; the date does not establish actual marketing, stock, purchase or an individual's use plan.
DailyMed: current U.S. PEPCID AC Original Strength famotidine public label, SPL v20 ↗DailyMed published SPL v20
The DailyMed service record lists this label as SPL v20, published 11 Feb 2026. A publication date does not determine package equivalence, individual tablet count, interval, course, co-use or substitution.
DailyMed: current U.S. PEPCID AC Original Strength famotidine public label, SPL v20 ↗
MARKET SCOPE
Market-record boundary
United States
Current public label and one exact package panel linkedThis page displays only Original Strength famotidine 10 mg, NDC 16837-872-20, in a 30-tablet carton (3 blisters × 10 tablets). It does not establish actual marketing, stock, availability, another NDC, Maximum Strength, the PEPCID Complete combination or individual suitability.
Mainland China, EU, Japan and other markets
Market record not establishedNo local trade name, approval, supply, sale eligibility, originator/generic relationship or interchangeability is inferred from the U.S. label, NDC, English brand or package image; each market requires separate checking against current local regulatory material.
How to read this record
Read each document in its stated market, date and dosage-form context. A historical record is not a current label and does not support individual medical, substitution or purchasing conclusions.
Keep international and mainland China records separate
This page has a U.S. public history/regulatory archive but no mainland China record for this specific product. That does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Verify product identity, dosage form, strength, holder and the current label item by item.
RECORD FAQ
Record questions
Do 10 mg, 30 tablets or 10 tablets per blister on the package mean someone can decide how many to take at once or how often?
No. These are ingredient and package identities for this exact U.S.-labelled pack. This page provides no individual tablet count, interval, course, missed-use handling or doubling advice; use the exact label in hand and check with a pharmacist or clinician.
Can PEPCID Complete, Maximum Strength or another “stomach medicine” be self-switched, combined or alternated because of a shared brand or similar use?
No. PEPCID Complete is a combination product and Maximum Strength is a different strength; other gastrointestinal products may also have different ingredients, forms and risk boundaries. Take all actual packs, prescription medicines, OTC products and supplements to a pharmacist or clinician for item-by-item review.
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Evidence status
The listed links are public sources selected for traceability. They must be rechecked against the current target-market record before any use beyond reading and research.