I have just received some Caracream samples from marci-kids, and I have gotten the prescription for Prevacid capsules from our ped, so I am all ready to go ahead and try the Prevacid in Caracream. But I have a bit of a problem. The instructions that Dr. Phillips sent don’t seem correct to me, and I haven’t been able to get ahold of him – I left a phone message 2 days ago, e-mailed yesterday and today, so I thought I would ask those of you who are mixing the Prevacid in Caracream already for your help. I guess the reason I question the instructions I was given is because I am a pharmacist and I was double checking Dr. Phillips’s math….a pharmacist’s habit, I’m afraid.
Ok, my instructions are to dissolve 8 of the Prevacid 15 mg capsules into the Therasol (which I notice is 60 mL), then refrigerate, shake, add Caracream, etc. Dr. Phillips says this should make a 3 mg/mL suspension. Now here’s my problem: 8 x 15mg is 120mg, and if the Therasol/Caracream is 60 mL, this would be 120 mg/60 mL or 2 mg/mL according to my calculations, not 3 mg/mL. See my dilemma?
For those of you who are mixing the prevacid in caracream, could you tell me how many capsules of Prevacid (either 15 mg or 30 mg) you are using to make a 3 mg/mL suspension?
As well, I was wondering how many mLs a single dose should be in order to ensure that the dose contains the correct amount of buffer. Paige should be getting 10 mg three times a day, so if the suspension is 3 mg/mL that would be 3.3mL per dose, but if the suspension is only 2 mg/mL that would be 5 mL per dose.
Thanks so much for your help!! I’m still trying to get ahold of Dr. Phillips, but being that it is already Friday afternoon it might not be until next week that I hear from him.
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