Prevacid

ethansbride2b

My daughter has been on Zantac for acid reflux, but it doesn't seem to be working.  She was just prescribed Prevacid. 

If your little one is on Prevacid, do you mind sharing how you administer it? 

The pedi said to dissolve it in a little formula and give it with her bottle.  I was reading online to give it on an empty stomach (30 minutes before meal) and to dissolve it in water for it to be most effective.

I'm curious to see how others administer it.  My daughter will not take medication from a syringe, she just spits it all out.  Her reflux is pretty severe and she always seems to be in pain.  I'm praying that the Prevacid will work for her.  I have heard it can take up to a few weeks for it to work.

I plan on calling the pharmacy in the morning to see what they recommend because the insert doesn't say much.  I'm so desperate because she refuses food and is smaller than her sister and brother.

 

Thanks!  

 

TriciaJoy

Robbie is now on Nexium but was on prevacid for quite a while.

I would put the solutab into a 10ml syringe, then put the plunger in. Suck up about 5ml of water and shake until it dissolved into little pellets. 

To give it to him, aim for the cheek and go very slowly. 1ml at a time. The nice thing is that the solutabs taste a lot better than other stuff so Robbie never flipped out about it like he did some of it (zantac, prevacid suspension, etc) He got to where he liked it. 

After I gave the 5ml.. I'd suck up another 2 or 3ml of water and shake the remaining bits down into the tip of the syringe and repeat. 

Really, the secret is aiming for the cheek, not the tongue, and going slow.

charr25

I crush up the tablet add 1ml of water to dissolve then suck it in a syringe and give to the girls.

prayin4ablssn

I would put it on a baby spoon with the teeniest amount of water, like 5-6 drops from a little syringe and let it sit for a few seconds then it would be able to be real mushy and I'd mush it with the syringe. Then to give it, she'd pretty much take it off the spoon. I had better luck with her lying down and giving it to her as opposed to holding her. I would give it about 30 min before eating too.

lstaylor73

TriciaJoy:

Robbie is now on Nexium but was on prevacid for quite a while.

I would put the solutab into a 10ml syringe, then put the plunger in. Suck up about 5ml of water and shake until it dissolved into little pellets. 

To give it to him, aim for the cheek and go very slowly. 1ml at a time. The nice thing is that the solutabs taste a lot better than other stuff so Robbie never flipped out about it like he did some of it (zantac, prevacid suspension, etc) He got to where he liked it. 

After I gave the 5ml.. I'd suck up another 2 or 3ml of water and shake the remaining bits down into the tip of the syringe and repeat. 

Really, the secret is aiming for the cheek, not the tongue, and going slow.

Ditto.  The trick to Prevacid is that you have to really become a master at giving it in a syringe very slowly, reading your baby's cues to know when and how to get it in their mouth so they don't spit it out or knock it out of your hands.  Keep trying, don't get frustrated, you will get it.  It tastes good but the little pink granules are the most important part and they can be tricky to work with.

TheShellSeeker

I dissolve it in a syringe with about 5 or so ml of water.  But, then I turn the syringe upside down so the grains go into the nozzle and then I deposit the grains onto a very small spoon.  Then, I use an eye dropper of water and we put the spoon into DS's mouth and use the water to take it off the spoon.  DS hates it and fights us every step of the way and usually gags (he has hyperactive gag reflex so EVERYTHING gags him) but he does swallow and gets it down. 

We were unsuccessful every other way.  Tried using the syringe itself to squirt it in his mouth but with every squirt comes the gag and often spitting and crying so it seemed to prolong the misery. It's better if we can just get it down as fast as possible. 

Hopefully it will be easier for you!  I've read where some babies actually like the taste of it. 

lovehim05

EASY:  dissolve on tip of finger with 3 drops of water and place in mouth.

ethansbride2b

thank you everyone!

Mrs. Destructo

Ditto everyone else - dissolve it in a little bit of water, either in a syringe, a tiny spoon, and I'm loving the idea of doing it on your finger! I wish I had thought of that.

 One word of warning though - do not crush the granules. That will make the medicine not work! The active ingredient is inside the granules, and the acid in the stomach will deactivate the medicine if it isn't protected in the granules (a prevacid rep told me this). 

And, while it will take up to 2 weeks to see the maximum benefit of the medicine, you should start to see the start of improvement in 2-3 days.