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November 6, 2007 at 7:54 pm #45122

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Hi all!

I haven’t posted in awhile because we had been doing well off of prevacid. We have been off for three months. We seem to have flare ups of reflux (my child only vomits, no spit up for us!) when we take road trips and when we are congested and have ear infections. It seems to go away once we are no longer traveling or he is sickness free.

Has anyone else experienced this and did you go back on your meds?

Christian is now 16 mos old, he was on prevacid from 9 mos-13 mos. Our only major concern is he is still in the 2 percentile for weight (65th for height, so we know he is growing). Before prevacid he was loosing weight and dropping down the chart! Do not want to go back there!

Thanks for your help!

Marie

November 6, 2007 at 8:42 pm #45124

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Owen is always worse when he has a cold/congestion. He either coughs until he pukes or just pukes– randomly in the middle of the night or just after going down at night.

Never had any problems in the car– don’t want to either! Don’t want to have to clean that out of a carseat!!

November 6, 2007 at 9:20 pm #45129

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Yes, the coughing seems to trigger the puking! We are getting very good at cleaning up the car seat. I even have a vomit kit in the car now so we will be totally prepared (learned that from experience!) So is Owen still on prevacid?

Marie

November 8, 2007 at 2:23 pm #45197

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Ben’s reflux also flares during those times (though not in the car, thank God). Maybe try some Mylanta or some Pepcid Complete during sickness?

November 8, 2007 at 10:09 pm #45225

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Yes, Owen is still on Prevacid and I don’t plan to stop until 15-18 mo for that exact reason, he is more pukey now that it’s cold and flu season and I don’t really want to test the waters right now to see if he’s okay without it and then not be able to tell what is cold and what is reflux.
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