Prevacid Questions

NicoleWI · March 2011

DS has been on Zantac and we're starting Prevacid. He's been having frequent episodes of refusing to eat so we're trying this in case it's reflux related. If your LO is on Prevacid, how has it worked for you? Any concerns re: side effects?

Did you continue Zantac for hte first few days, or discontinue it as soon as you started Prevacid (have to call doctor tomorrow as they didn't really say)?

TheSkimmy · March 2011

DD is on both right now. One fixes the ulcer and the other helps the burning. No side effects from the Prevacid from us.

themissizz · March 2011

Prevacid has worked wonderfully for us. The once a day dosing is much easier than the 3x/day we were administering Zantac. No side effects here either. My only mild complaint is that it's tough to give on an empty stomach. We usually try to give it first thing in the AM (before a diaper change or anything) then keep him busy for 20 mins or so by changing his diaper and outfit, blowing raspberries on his tummy, etc to kill the time before he can eat. Also, instead of dissolving it in a syringe, I recommend putting it against the inside of LO's cheek and holding it there w your finger, then squirting water from the syringe onto the pill and kind of mushing it into their cheek as it dissolves. This way, if they spit up soon after getting the meds (they are reflux babies after all!), a good amount of it has been absorbed through their cheek.

themissizz · March 2011

And we stopped zantac before starting prevacid.

heather318 · March 2011

DS was on Zantac for about 10 days and then it suddenly lost it's effectiveness. So we switched to Prevacid and there has been amazing improvement. Not sure if it's the meds or Alimentum or the combo, but it's been great. No side effects at all.

We use the solutabs and give half in the AM and half in the PM. You're supposed to give it 30 min before meals.

tripleas · March 2011

My son has been on Prevacid for about two months now and it has made a HUGE difference. It has been like a miracle drug! After giving him his first dose, he had an immediate improvement in his spitting up, and started gaining weight and filling out within the first week. He is doing great with his acid reflux now!

AmberPie · March 2011

My LO has had severe reflux since she was about one month old. After seeing a Pediatric Gastroenterologist several times, we have tried almost every PPI/reflux med out there, including prevacid, and we have finally settled on Nexium for the following reasons:

1. I found it WAY easier to administer than the Prevacid solutabs. My LO always found a way to spit out half of those little beads it dissolves into, no matter if I held it in her mouth or dissolved it in a syringe. With the Nexium, you just dissolve it in 1 tablespoon water in a small bottle, and they just drink it down!

2. The nexium water solution THICKENS before you let them drink it, so its less likely to come back up.

Also, the GI specialists do recommend continuing your zantac for one to two weeks after starting any PPI, because it can take this long for your PPI to start making a real difference for your LO. We actually had to stop the Zantac earlier than we wanted though because it gave or LO horrible diarrhea after a few weeks of being on it. Luckily the PPI's (prevacid, omeprazole, nexium) usually have little to no side effects.

Good luck, i've been through it all with the reflux and I know what a nightmare it can be. And just as a side note: I eventually moved to bottle feeding so thatI could start thickening her feeds and its made a WORLD of difference. I use gelmix (www.gelmix.com). Its calorie free, unlike rice cereal, and won't cause constipation.

HTH!

canthardlywait426 · March 2011

We noticed a huge difference when we switched from Zantac to prevacid. No side effects for us. We stopes the Zantac and went to prevacid without any weening etc. Good luck!

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