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July 17, 2009 at 8:02 pm #63321

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Can you guys please tell me how you think the best way to give my son prevacid.

Doc told us to place the half pill in his mouth.

Another nurse told us that it was a terrible thing to do, and give it to him with a syrine. disolve in a couple of drop of water first.

Thanks

Billy

July 18, 2009 at 10:28 am #63325

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do you have the solutabs? if so, dissolve it in a couple ml’s of water and give it with a small syringe. Make sure that you get all the little beads into the syringe and baby’s mouth. those are the medicine. the rest is just flavoring. make sure to give it on an empty stomach 30-60 mins before a meal. i’m sure laura will chime in, but go to the intro section and read the “groupie” info. scroll down till you find the stuff about prevacid. lots of good info there.
hope this helps.

July 18, 2009 at 8:57 pm #63326

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I do the same as PP. Dissolve the the tab or half the tab in water and administer via syringe. My 4.5 mo old loves the stuff. We have absolutely no trouble getting it into him. Now keeping it in a reflux baby is another matter!

Good luck.

July 19, 2009 at 8:10 am #63331

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both the ped & the nurse are right!

if you put the pill in mouth, just hold it there until it dissolves and wash down w/ some water

or dissolve med to desired consistancy and syringe in!

make sure to give on an empty stomach, follwed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later

you’ve found a great place!

the key to all of this is RESEARCH and, of course, support!

http://www.marci-kids.com is at the FOREFRONT of research of PPI use and dosing in infants/todders. You might want to start there to see if PPI dose is ‘proper’

then, hop back here to learn HOW to get that proper dose, if need be, and what FORM of PPI and HOW to administer…

Prevacid 101(last post on the page): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&PN=0&TPN=1
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