My DS is 18 weeks and we have been battling with his reflux for some
time. He has been 1 sachet of Gaviscon in each feed for the last few
months however since Christmas the Gaviscon has been becoming less
effective (as he should now be having a double dose) and giving him
Chronic constipation, he was given Lactulose for this but agin this is
no longer proving to be effective. We have been to the Dr’s today and
after much persuading he now has Ranitadine, however after reading the
info on Ranitadine I am worried that the Doc has given us the
absolutely minumum dose of 0.27ml 3 times a day, that means he will
only be getting 0.81ml per day? we have tried him on the Ranitadine
already today and he did seem to be in a lot of discomfort and was sick
after his nap which was 2 hours after his last feed. How long should it
take for the meds to kick in and should we still be giving him Gaviscon
as well? the Dr did say that we could carry on with the Gaviscon but I
really want to get him off it ASAP as it’s causing him so much
discomfort. If I do give him both how long should they be apart? the
recommendation seems to be 2 hours apart but how on earth am I going to
fit that in with his feeding schedule as 2 hours after his feeds he
will be asleep!
The Dr has also suggested starting him on solids
ASAP as this will help stabalise his stomach contents, but we have
tried that and it just makes his constipation worse.
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