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If DC takes prevacid?
Did you give it on an empty stomach 30 minutes before a meal? I am reading on a reflux site that this makes the medicine more effective. The information with the meds, does not mention this. When did you give the med? How did it work for your child?
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Re: If DC takes prevacid?
my DS takes Prevacid. He started on the 15mg solutab and is now on 18.75mg compounded into a solution, it works pretty well for him. It worked better when he was smaller.
I know you are supposed to give it 15-30 before eating but with a very hungry 4mth old boy that is an impossibility. We are lucky if he can hold out 10 min before eating after his dose. It def. helps him regardless.
i used to be a prevacid drug rep. I know it inside and out.
it will work the best if taken about 1/2 hour before food... you want it in the blood so when food enters the body it triggers the proton pumps to shut down (b/c PPIs only shut down active pumps). If taken during food or after then many of the pumps will become activated and produce acid before the med is in the system to stop them.
it will still work if given with/after food - just possibly not as well - and obviously you want to try and have the best outcome.
Ironically- my son, Grayson, did not do well on Prevacid- for him a 3x's a day dosing of Zantac worked best..... reflux in babies is tricky - can be caused by so many things. i hope prevacid does the trick for your baby!
empty stomach, first thing in a.m.
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