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April 27, 2009 at 8:29 am #62300

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Hi everyone,

My name is Wendy Wick, and I have a 10 week old little boy with silent reflux. He is currently taking 1.3 ml of Zantac at night and a 15 mg solutab of prevacid at night. The dr. has to recalculate the dosage of zantac since Aidan is now 13.5 lbs and needs a higher dosage. We just started this medicine regimine on Saturday so I’m not sure how much of a difference it will make.

Here’s my question. Aidan is strictly breastfed. Are there things I should be eliminating from my diet that will improve his symptoms? I gave up dairy a few weeks ago and am not sure if I’ve seen a difference. I have not eaten broccoli, onions, or citrus fruits.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

WEndy

April 27, 2009 at 9:06 am #62302

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i’d give the meds a chance to work before i tried to change my diet. it can take up to 3 weeks for the irritation to clear up before they start to feel better.

April 27, 2009 at 3:05 pm #62307

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I agree with Christine. Trying too many solutions at once is tempting because you just want baby to get better, and quick, but it’s better to try one thing at a time, so you know what is working and what isn’t. Plus, diet restrictions for a breastfeeding mama are NO FUN, so hopefully you can avoid that road altogether.

April 27, 2009 at 6:04 pm #62308

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Welcome!

are you giving the prevacid solutab on an empty stomach followed by a meal 30 minutes later? this is how to administer it so it is most effective.

is your med schedule working for your baby? http://www.marci-kids.com is THE place to research all about PPIs (proton pump inhibitors such as prilosec, prevacid, nexium & protonix) and their proper dosing for babies/toddlers. they are at the FOREFRONT of research in this area/field.

you might find that your baby needs more ‘coverage’ – sounds like that’s why the 2 meds. you’ve already discovered that zantac is very weight sensitive. prevacid is, too. you might just find that splitting the prevacid dose into 2 doses, along w/ the highest dose of zantac for weight, will give baby more ‘coverage’ ie longer lasting relief…you can give both meds, but you need to space the 2 (zantac and prevacid) meds 4hrs apart.

the maximum dose for zantac by weight is 10mgs per kilo.

please go to the Introduce Yourself Forum & click on the sticked (top) post called Groupie Intro. it’s looong, but will HELP YOU. look for a post called ‘prevacid 101’ as well as links to explain the zantac dosing. RESEARCH is key (don’t ‘just’ take my word/our words for everything, although we are right, LOL!)…

as for diet: Groupie Intro has links and info about all of that, too.

to be honest, I would address the meds first- checking the zantac dose as well as the prevacid dose as well as addressing the proper administration of the two…
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