Reflux….what meds do you use?

Most of the bubs on this board are on some kind of PPI, prescribed either by family drs, paeds or specialists. And lots of these bubs, including mine start pretty young, ie 4weeks and onwards. You could try printing out the information from Marci-kids.com for him/her, or I would try another Dr (perhaps your friends dr). PPIs are often a life saver for those bubs who don’t do well on Zantac. goodluck.

As far as I know, there are very few medications that are approved for babies under a year. Only b/c it’s hard to get people to volunteer their kids for studies at such a young age. But, many MANY docs prescribe this med and there are studies and evidence that it can be given to babies, even small babies. I would also print out the marci-kids info, or ask your doctor to check his own research using up-to-date, if he has access, or the Harriet Lane handbook, or to consult a GI. If he doesn’t budge, maybe you can look into getting a new doc, or ask for a referral to a ped GI. My daughter started with zantac at 8 weeks, moved to compounded prilosec at 9 weeks, to prilosec in CaraCream, and finally to prevacid in CaraCream. We have moved up in dose, to a max dose around 42mg prevacid, but mostly around 30mg, and now are down to 15mg once a day. Good luck.