Hi everybody. It’s been a while since I’ve been here.
Our LO was doing great on his daily dose of 15mg Prevacid and a couple doses of Zantac, until a couple of weeks ago. He started drooling a lot and spitting up more, and having more frequent “attacks” where we would have to give him some Maalox to calm him down.
He’s now almost 4 mo’s and close to 15 lbs, so the doc upped his Prevacid to 30mg 1x per day. This has really cut back on the drool, spitting up, and acid flare ups, but now he’s having lots of soft, green stools every day. Seems like every 3-4 hours, round the clock. He struggles and strains and has an aweful time just to pass a little bit.
Anyway, the ped recommended we try the higher dose for a week, then go back to the lower dose. Has anyone experienced similar problems? Did it eventually go away or what? Even though it seems to be making his reflux better, now he’s not sleeping as well (up 3x/night instead of 1x) and we’re fighting a diaper rash.
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Sheesh! It says it right on the box. Docs don’t always know much about the meds they prescribe, but they should know that diarrhea or consitpation are the most common side effects for meds in general. I hope things improve soon.
