Reglan?

Hello-
My son was on Reglan briefly when he was first diagnosed with reflux. It actually helped him a lot with the spitting up. However, he seemed to outgrow it fast and it stopped working. He was then put on Prevacid which helped him a lot (although he spit up tons). Later I found out he has DGE (which is what relglan is supposed to be used for). He was put on Erythromycin (an alternative to Reglan) and it made a huge difference. I like it because it doesn’t have the scary side effects that Reglan does, but it works well. It just depends on the baby which one works best though.

You might want to ask about having testing done for DGE before your son is put on Reglan (or another DGE med). The symptoms you’ve described do sound like it could be DGE though.

Good luck with the increased Prevacid dose! I hope the 15mg is enough. If you do think he needs more, you might try talking to a family practice doctor. That’s where we initially got our higher dose. Bryce is taking Prevacid 3x day and he does SO much better with 3 doses.

Again, good luck!

I was able to get the marci-kids dose for Myles from our family physician. I think they are sometimes easier to convince because they deal with reflux all the time with their adult patients and they are more familiar with the reflux meds.

Also, I printed and faxed the marci-kids info and that’s what did sway her to let us try the higher dose for Myles. Once he was on the marci-kids dose (10mg / 3 times per day) things turned around and he did great on it.

As for DGE, I’m quite sure Myles had it. Our doctor thinks he had it but she prefers not to test for or treat DGE unless it is severe enough to cause weight gain issues. I was unsure about this at first but once his pain was gone (on the high dose of Prevacid) he ate enough to grow normally even though he spit or threw up almost constantly and often many hours after he ate. I think that babies with DGE actually absorb more nutrients from their food because it sits in the stomach so long.

Of course, I’m not trying to dissuade you from treating his DGE, just sharing another perspective and course of action that worked well for us.

Good luck and I hope you find the right treatment plan for him.

Yes, that’s what I wanted and it took some hard work to get it, but it was well worth it. I hope you can convince his doctor. Good luck.

In the meantime you can maybe try some Mylanta Cherry Supreme. Many of us have used it and it can give some temporary relief. I used to give it to Myles before a feeding and it did help some. I’m not exactly sure on the dosing for a three month old but at 5-7 months I gave Myles about 1/2 teaspoon. I think some of the moms here have said they used 1-2 mls for a younger baby. Too much will cause loose stools, but it’s really pretty safe.