Rx for people who take heartburn or ulcer drugs. (affect of alcohol mixed with drugs)

If you're among the millions of people in the United States who control excess stomach acid with either of two commonly prescribed drugs known as Zantac and Tagamet, go easy on beer, wine, and other spirits. Both of those medications, which reduce stomach acid in cases of heartburn, ulcers, and other gastrointestinal ills, can cause more alcohol than usual to go to the head.

Researchers at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New York found that out while observing a group of men and women who were given alcohol after a week of taking Tagamet or Zantac (the third most commonly prescribed drug in the U.S.). When the Zantac takers drank the amount of alcohol …