(I’m brand-new here, having found y’all from Laura at another website!)
We just finished four days at a German pediatric clinic, where they have prescribed their version of Priosec (omeprazole). We were given a few pills to get us through until we get some at the Apotheke, but grinding them, mixing them with water, and getting them down Emily with a syringe isn’t working so well. She vomited the two attempts I’ve made.
She’s not really eating much solid food (and most of it ends up on her instead of IN her), and she doesn’t accept a bottle except under major duress. I was going to ask our military physician about having the medication made into a liquid suspension and hope to heaven that the mail-order pharmacy can do that for us. (The base pharmacy here in Germany doesn’t carry Prilosec.)
Now that I’ve come here, though, I’m reading about Zegerid and the problems/concerns with compounding omeprazole. I don’t know what to do!! I’m seriously doubting that they’ll be willing to prescribe Zegerid, particularly considering that they don’t even work with anything other than Zantac and Reglan.
What should I know before we check with the NP tomorrow??
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