If your LO has reflux and/or MSPI and you are treating with Prevacid solutabs, how long until you saw improvement? My son is MSPI and is currently on PurAmino (equivalent to Neocate and Elecare) and was on Zantac for reflux since about 4 weeks of age. Recently, we saw his reflux starting to creep back up, so his pedi switched him to Prevacid solutabs. It's only been about 2 days on the Prevacid, but his reflux is worse than ever right now! He's spitting up a ton and refusing to sleep flat in his crib, so we've been having him sleep in bed with us for the past 2 nights now...but I REALLY don't want to make this a habit, obviously. I'm hearing from people that the Prevacid can take up to a couple weeks to really kick in and relieve symptoms...did you find this was the case with your LO?
Also...if your LO is also MSPI, did you have any issues with the tiny trace amount of lactose in the solutabs? I'm hearing really conflicted info on this, considering that the solutabs really only contain a tiny, tiny trace amount of medical grade lactose, which isn't the same thing as milk protein...so I'd think he'd be fine with it, but I still wanted to get others' experience on this. The pedi didn't think twice about putting him on the prevacid, so I'd think if it was going to be an issue, he'd put him on a different med.
TIA for any insight you ladies may have on this! I just want my boy to feel better and sleep in his crib again! MH and I are exhausted!
Re: Moms of MSPI/Reflux babies using Prevacid...
One thing to note is that solutabs contain lactose I believe...I think it's in the strawberry coating, so that could be your issue.
ETA: I just reread your post and saw that you knew that already! Perhaps it's worth trying another med...
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