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April 7, 2006 at 2:00 pm #5631

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For those of you who give Prevacid (or any other PPI) twice daily, what times do you administer it? I give Seth his when he first wakes up and then again before dinner about 4:30ish. I am wondering if giving the 2nd dose closer to bedtime may help his nightly reflux episodes.

April 7, 2006 at 3:50 pm #5644

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I give her second dose right before bed. I figure that it gives more coverage for relief during the night. It might be worth a try.

April 7, 2006 at 4:04 pm #5648

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I give the second dose right before bed also, but then our afternoons and early evenings are never very good. I was thinking of giving it earlier!

Ruby

Henry, 4-months old, reflux

Breastfeeding on the eat-nothing-that-you-like-diet

7.5 mg prevacid 2x a day

April 7, 2006 at 4:33 pm #5657

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I do right before bed too – first thing in am and right before bed so it ends up being about 7am and 7pm.

April 7, 2006 at 4:36 pm #5658

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But I was just thinking we give the compounded kind so it doesn’t matter about food, etc. If you guys use solutabs won’t you have to build it around a meal or snack?

April 7, 2006 at 5:27 pm #5665

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Good point Laura. Didn’t think about that…

April 11, 2006 at 9:52 am #5878

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Thanks guys- it will be tricky to give later due to the food thing. When he was still mainly on bottles, I was able to give it around 7:30 before the bedtime bottle and it seemed like he did better at night then (besides the normal night wakings).

Oddly enough though, he had a virus over the weekend which was a bummer but he did not have any major reflux episodes! So, I am thinking more and more that his flare ups are food related since he was only eating a handful of things since he had a poor appetite.
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