What are the signs and symptoms of Gastritis? Yesterday I was having bad indigestion and no matter what I took, nothing was helping. I ate stuff over the weekend I shouldn't have, and I also drank a couple sodas and I think thats what it. I didn't have a BM yesterday at all, plus I was taking a bunch of Pepcid, chewable and non-chewable. Finally I decided to call my doctor and she called me in some Ranitidine, which is basically Zantac, and its helped so far. I usually take 2 Citracel tablets a day but today I have taken 4 and have had a couple BM's and I think thats helped too. I'm going out of town this weekend so I will be very dependent on my medicine.