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if your dr won’t up the dose, then I’m curious if s/he will up the dose w/ zegerid?
zegerid is prilosec w/ other ‘stuff’ so that it’s a stable compound/liquid you can administer to your baby at any time (w/o timing meals)another choice is bufferbabies which is also a way to make either prevacid or prilosec into a stable compound/liquid that you can give at any time- w/ bufferbabies you get the prevacid or prilosec rx, buy the bufferbabies, mix it up at hime…
people here have loved both zegerid and bufferbabies…
can you increase the dose yourself via bufferbabies and changing your rx from solutabs to capsules and then ‘supplementing’ to increase the dose by buying prevacid OTC? cannot tell you to self-medicate your baby…
you do NOT need a rx for bufferbabies…as far as I know…they are selling you the kit to use w/ either prilosec or prevacid – where you get it is your business
call them to find out what you need- they are great!
personally, I’d stick w/ the prevacid as most ‘start’ w/ prilosec and then ‘move on’ to trying prevacid….zegerid DOES require an rx, because the drug, prilosec, is already IN it.
if you can get the rx you need/want, then it’s an option, as many love it.Sorry Robyn! I cleared my inbox!
Zegerid and BB are essentially the same…as they were created by the same person. They each allow you to dose it WITH a bottle and not deal with the empty stomach followed by a meal 30-60 min later you have to follow with delayed release meds like prevacid. I think zegerid is probably a better option if you have good insurance and can get the rx for CHEAP. BB is usually something families are “forced” to use because their doctors are ill-informed about PPIs and dosing so they have to take matters into their own hands. For us, zegerid would have been the cheaper option (at only $10 per box) BUT we were already established on BB and doing GREAT by the time I convinced my pedi to rx zegerid and I was scared to rock the boat b/c Emma was soooo happy on BB.Zegerid 40mg rx packets STILL need the added buffer of mylana or tums.Zegerid OTC need CaracreamZ and water. (caracream has the buffers in it)The other thing that I personally liked better about zegerid rx than BB is that it is stable for longer. With zegerid I would take a HUGE dosing syringe and mix up several DAYS worth of doses at a time. Each BB dose can only be mixed together for 24 hours before it becomes unstable so each day I have to get the doses for JUST that day. (You have two bottles with BB…an A and a B…you mix those together to create your dose but the A and B are what can only be mixed for 24 hours) I’ve gotten used to it now and it’s not a big deal, I just missed being able to do several days at a time.Also, if you have issues with getting high enough doses and you want zegerid, tell your doc that the FDA states that once a zegerid packet is opened it must be used within an hour. This isn’t true, the FDA just has to be careful. So if your doc only rx’s 10mg but you know your LO needs 30mg you have the flexibility because you’re getting the “luxury” of using an entire 40mg packet each day…even though the doc will think you’re doing 10mg and throwing the rest away. Make sense?Let me know if you have any other questions. I’m sorry I’m so scattered in my thoughts! Really, they are both great choices! Best of luck! Keep me posted!
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