If a joint return has been filed for a tax year, the spouses may file separate returns before the due date of the original return, determined without regard to any extensions. Husband and wife file a joint return on 3/15/13; they may change to married filing separate no later than 4/15/13.
Dose of Tagamet for Gastric Ulcers. The recommended Tagamet dose for gastric ulcers (stomach ulcers) is either Tagamet 800 mg at bedtime or Tagamet 300 mg four times daily (with meals and at bedtime).owever, your healthcare provider may recommend a lower dose (Tagamet 400 mg at bedtime) or a higher dose (Tagamet 1600 mg at bedtime). Other optional dosages are Tagamet 300 mg four times daily (with meals and at bedtime) or Tagamet 400 mg twice daily.
Tagamet (cimetidine) is indicated in: (1) Short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcer. Most patients heal within 4 weeks and there is rarely reason to use Tagamet (cimetidine) at full dosage for longer than 6 to 8 weeks (see Dosage and Administration-Duodenal Ulcer).Concomitant antacids should be given as needed for relief of pain.2) Maintenance therapy for duodenal ulcer patients at reduced dosage after healing of active ulcer. Patients have been maintained on continued treatment with Tagamet (cimetidine) 400 mg h.s. for periods of up to 5 years. (3) Short-term treatment of active benign gastric ulcer.