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September 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm #56352

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we just finished the first two weeks of prevacid at 15mg/day. as far as i can tell, there is no improvement. in fact his sleeping is worse. he’s not getting more than 1 1/2 – 2 hours at a time and is back to sleeping on me for most of the night. i’m not sure what exactly is making his sleep worse..we have been in a strange location (at my dad’s house) for the entire time (with a time change), and also just switched to the Amby bed. maybe these are also affecting his sleep?

i guess i’ll ask for 30 mg/day? is it common to see no improvement with 15mg and then much improvement with 30?

we are now without insurance, so i’m going to have to try the resources that laura gave me for discounted prevacid. has anyone tried those?

thanks for all of the support!

September 10, 2008 at 3:22 pm #56353

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Ugh, sleep is such a guessing game…it could be the different location or new bed.

But I just wanted to let you know that we saw ZERO improvement in Nathan on 15 mg Prevacid, even on 22.5 mg. The first time he didn’t cry ALL DAY long was a couple of days after starting 30 mg, and it helped greatly from then on. I think a lot of babies don’t get any relief til they get up to the marci-kids recommended dose (Nathan even needed a little higher for round-the-clock relief). I would def try to push for 30 mg/day if you can.

I see you mention food sensitivities and breastfeeding in your signature….do you feel you’ve got his protein intolerances (MSPI/MFPI?) under control yet? Just asking because that was also a huge piece of the puzzle for Nathan to have a happy tummy….he needed TED breastmilk for a long time, plus a high Prevacid dose.

Good luck and I hope things improve soon.

September 11, 2008 at 10:03 am #56391

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thanks paula–

how long did you do the TED before seeing improvement?

September 11, 2008 at 11:15 am #56399

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We saw no improvement on 7, 10, 15, 20, or 24 mgs of PPI. At 30mg that seemed to be a good dose for her. She still didn’t sleep, but seemed more comfortable in general.

September 11, 2008 at 3:38 pm #56428

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My DS was on prevacid once daily 15mg and he was way worse as welll… The doctor said give him 2 tablets in the am and see how that works so that was a total of 30 mg and nope nothing no improvement what so ever… So i go to the doctor again and he says he wants to switch him to regalen… BUT he wont give him that until we have his upper gi..
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