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   Okay a few weeks ago I thought I had my son's reflux/gas figured out. I stopped thickening & I started giving him his Prevacid three times a day instead of two like prescribed. For a week he was great & I noticed that he wasn't passing gas anymore(not like before anyway).

Then a few days ago I went to see my second GI specialist & I was honest about the extra prevacid dose & he told me not to do that. That Prevacid can NEVER be given 3X a day. So I listened to him mostly because he was the second specialist that wanted to decrease sons dose to once a day but I convinced them not to. So I thought maybe they were right. He did increase his zantac however.

Ever since that day (3 days ago) My baby has been miserable & the gas has come back! I'm confused though why is he having gas again? I thought it was either from Prevacid or rice cereal. Could it be the zabtac or could a flare up cause it from giving less Prevacid? Today I started dosing him 3X again but he is still the same. Does it take time to get better? Please help! I should have never changed anything.  

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jackie225 Newbie Joined: 29 March 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Topic: So Confused, Gas? Reflux? What's going on? Posted: 30 March 2012 at 10:06pm
	Okay a few weeks ago I thought I had my son's reflux/gas figured out. I stopped thickening & I started giving him his Prevacid three times a day instead of two like prescribed. For a week he was great & I noticed that he wasn't passing gas anymore(not like before anyway). Then a few days ago I went to see my second GI specialist & I was honest about the extra prevacid dose & he told me not to do that. That Prevacid can NEVER be given 3X a day. So I listened to him mostly because he was the second specialist that wanted to decrease sons dose to once a day but I convinced them not to. So I thought maybe they were right. He did increase his zantac however. Ever since that day (3 days ago) My baby has been miserable & the gas has come back! I'm confused though why is he having gas again? I thought it was either from Prevacid or rice cereal. Could it be the zabtac or could a flare up cause it from giving less Prevacid? Today I started dosing him 3X again but he is still the same. Does it take time to get better? Please help! I should have never changed anything.
	~Jackie Bryanna 11/2/07 : No Reflux Brayden 12/6/11 : Had silent reflux but is all better now andhas been ever since the day we moved out of our old home that had a toxic mold in the attic!

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hellbennt Admin Group Joined: 28 August 2003 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 13402	Posted: 30 March 2012 at 10:15pm
	space the zantac and the prevacid 4 hr apart. give whatever you think is right. you can always back down. I'd still dose 3 times a day but you can make each dose less &, if it doesn't work, go back up. it's a lot of trial & error. what FORM of prevacid?
	~laura~ Jonah 7/03:GERDfree@12mos! Silent Reflux@birth(apnea episodes/NICU);Past Sandifer Symptoms, breastfed->15mos Ari 7/06 REFLUX FREE, so miracles do happen!
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jackie225 Newbie Joined: 29 March 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Posted: 31 March 2012 at 7:04pm
	solutabs & yes I am giving 4 hrs apart but sometimes esp with 3x a day prevacid he misses out on a zantac dose which is fine with me. I think he would do fine wo it. H e seems to be feeling better today but still has the gas maybe just not as painful? last night he started getting sick (runny nose, coughing). first time this ever happened & it scares me cuz of the fact that they can respirate food or have increased chance of pneumonia because meds too. This is my understanding anyway.
	~Jackie Bryanna 11/2/07 : No Reflux Brayden 12/6/11 : Had silent reflux but is all better now andhas been ever since the day we moved out of our old home that had a toxic mold in the attic!
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hellbennt Admin Group Joined: 28 August 2003 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 13402	Posted: 01 April 2012 at 8:46pm
	what's his diet? breastfeeding? formula? if formula, what formula? they need the meds spaced out (3 doses) because their metabolisms are fast & they zip through the dose- it's not like adults who can take one pill in the morning and have it last all day... solutabs need to be given on an empty stomach, followed by a 'meal' 30 minutes later
	~laura~ Jonah 7/03:GERDfree@12mos! Silent Reflux@birth(apnea episodes/NICU);Past Sandifer Symptoms, breastfed->15mos Ari 7/06 REFLUX FREE, so miracles do happen!
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jackie225 Newbie Joined: 29 March 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Posted: 02 April 2012 at 10:27pm
	He is on Alimentum. My pedi gave me a sample of Elecare (same as Neocate I think) and it made my baby throw up. He reacted very strange to it. At first I did it straight all Elecare but because of the way he was acting & things I read I tried again but mixed it with Alimentum more & more slowly. That's actually when he threw up from it & I mean projectile vomit. My baby is a silent refluxer mostly so I really wasn't used to that. Since then I just gave up on it. I think I'm going to try less Zantac because that's what seems to be doing it.
	~Jackie Bryanna 11/2/07 : No Reflux Brayden 12/6/11 : Had silent reflux but is all better now andhas been ever since the day we moved out of our old home that had a toxic mold in the attic!
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