If you’ve been taking Zantac to treat heartburn or acid reflux, you may or may not have heard that this drug has been in the news.
If you weren’t aware, the popular drug is under fire — and for a good reason. In September, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Zantac medications being prescribed by doctors and sold over-the-counter could contain unsafe levels of a cancer-causing agent called N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA. This potentially dangerous substance can be found in ranitidine, the active ingredient in Zantac and other heartburn medications.
As drug makers initiated Zantac recalls, and pharmacy chains pulled products containing ranitidine from their shelves over the past month, we began to see a growing wave of class-action lawsuits being filed against the drug’s manufacturers. These claims allege that the drug makers understood the dangers of Zantac, which has been on the market since the 1980s, and did not inform the public.
Most motorists have been guilty of tailgating out on the road at one point or another. Maybe you have, too. Whether it’s because you’re in a hurry, feeling impatient, or you’re just not paying close enough attention, you end up following too closely behind the car in front of you and breaking those “rules of the road” you learned back in drivers’ education class. 
