Zantac: How to Determine If You Need Prescription or Over the Counter
Zantac is the brand name under which GlaxoSmithKline sells a medicine containing Ranitidine. Stomach cells that secrete gastric acid are called parietal cells, the gastric acid helps in the digestion process. In certain abnormal situations however gastric juices that are acidic in nature return to the esophagus causing acidity, heartburn and in some cases GERD. ...