Infantreflux.org | August 2014

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Welcome!! I’m excited!! 🙂 Please contribute! Pay it forward! You know the expression, “hindsight is 20/20!” Hindsight: the knowledge and understanding that you have about an event only after it has happened. Hopefully you have some words of wisdom to share, now that it’s all (or mostly!) in hindsight! Suggestions of what/how to write your contribution:…

August 8, 2014

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PPI Dosing

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Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are the safest, most effective medications available for treating acid reflux-related disorders in children and infants. They include: omeprazole, found in Zegerid®, Prilosec®, and generic form lansoprazole, found in Prevacid® esomeprazole, found in Nexium® pantoprazole, found in Protonix® Each of the above listed PPIs are currently approved by the FDA for…

August 5, 2014

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PPI Dosing Memo: Dosing Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in Infants and Young Children

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Dosing Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in Infants and Young Children This document is intended to be a bridge between parents and physicians to improve the treatment of acid-related disorders in children by optimizing pediatric dosing of PPIs. We encourage parents to read the following information and share it with their child’s physician (printable version). Introduction…

August 5, 2014

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Links to articles and abstracts or articles or abstracts excerpted or reproduced in their entirety: Pediatric Patients Have Shorter Lansoprazole Half-Life Than Previously Reported Pharmacokinetics of orally administered omeprazole in children Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescribing Patterns in Newborns and Infants There are Notes to bring to your Doctor of the three articles above: Peer Reviewed Article…

August 5, 2014

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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Welcome! Please Write/Contribute!

PPI Dosing

PPI Dosing Memo: Dosing Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in Infants and Young Children

Links to Articles, Abstracts, Research and References