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June 22, 2006 at 3:06 pm #10301

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So we went to the GI doc yesterday for ella’s post-endoscopy check-up….and i told the doc that i give her 3/4 of a 15mg solutab at night and 1/4 in the morning. He said that I should give her the full 15mg one time a day and that breaking the pill COULD make them less effective….apparently he was told this by the drug reps.

Has anyone heard this? And is giving her 15mg once a day the same as splitting it up?

Thanks!

June 22, 2006 at 3:47 pm #10309

hellbennt
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has it been working???

seems to me that from ALL i’ve read, its ok to break up the solutab…

if it ain’t broke….

June 22, 2006 at 3:50 pm #10310

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Breaking the tab did seem to be working….but it was kind of a pain since sometimes in the morning I didn’t have a full 1/2 hour window…so I”m going to try the full tab at night and see if anything changes…if so, then i’ll go back to breaking it up.

June 22, 2006 at 4:47 pm #10319

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I’ve been breaking Myles solutabs since his first dose and it has definitely been working. I’ve read that before (that you shouldn’t break them). It’s probably IDEAL not to, but sometimes you have to to give the proper dose.

June 22, 2006 at 9:01 pm #10335

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We always split Zach’s dose – we tried to give it all at once but it
seemed to “wear off”. He definitely did better having the dose
given twice a day.

June 22, 2006 at 9:21 pm #10338

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I was told that you “lose” the meds along the cut line, if you know what I mean. Those beads get broken and aren’t active, but I don’t think that’s much of the dose. Seems like most babies tend to do better on two, or even three doses rather than one.

June 23, 2006 at 10:06 am #10376

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Yeah so after one night we’re back to giving it to her twice a day….by 5pm yesterday she was miserable (she was given her once a day dose at about 630pm the day before and wasn’t due for that day’s dose for another hour)….how is it that we can know more than doctors?? boggles the mind….

June 23, 2006 at 10:08 am #10377

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I think the doctors are told by the drug reps that one a day dosing is
fine because that is fine for adults. But babies metabolize these drugs
MUCH faster than adults and generally need at least 2xday dosing…
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