Baby spits out Zantac – Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Our Son is 5 weeks old, diagnosed with reflux. Dr. Prescribed zantac. We tried it for a week and a half then stopped. Simply because there was no real relief and it was very hard giving Zantac. He would simply spit it out.

Its killing me to see his discomfort. Please help.

Thank you

-SDmom

[Anonymous]

Will he suck on your finger? if so you can put the syringe beside it and give little bits at a time.

We ended up taking about 15 mins to give 1 ml of zantac just so he wouldn’t spit it out.

I think you can mix it with Cherry Supreme Mylanta (the type without Aluminum) too which can make it easier to give. The Mylanta also helped our boy with the wind he got from Zantac too.

[Anonymous]

If you didn’t see any improvement thatn I would push for a PPI like prevacid or Zegerid to see if that helps. Many lo on this site havnen’t done well w hen on Zantac/axid and other h2 blockers.

[Anonymous]

The flavor of the Zantac is very yucky and it took my son 2-3 weeks to be able to tolerate it. He would scream when I put it in his mouth and try to spit it out. It would be like a wrestling match as I held him down flat on his back until he swallowed it. Definitely try putting it in the side of his cheek and s-l-o-w-l-y letting it dribble down. The good news is that now my son can’t wait to drink it and actually sucks it out from the syringe!

If your baby is in pain, I would start again with the zantac and monitor him for a week. IF you see no improvement, call the doctor again and see if he will prescribe a PPI, like prevacid or zegerid. He might refer you to a GI specialist. I would definitely keep him on the zantac for the time being though.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you could ask for the effervescent tablet. It dissolves in water and has a nice fruity flavour. It is a bit harder to control the dose which is why many Drs don’t prescribe it I think.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Luzaria,

Did Zantac work for you? I have a few questions: – Since Zantac does not fix the underlying cause of the reflux, what difference did you see? What improvement should I look for? I am in such an emotional state. This cannot be good for either baby or me. Its so hard to focus on the joys of being a parent when my baby is in pain and I cannot put him down at all. He sleeps on my chest for all naps (day and night). I dont even know what to expect from Zantac. When to move to Prevacid and what to expect from Prevacid.

ALso, to all those out there, when did this issue end for your babies?

[Anonymous]

You can also get the zantac flavoured with grape, but still tastes nasty- mint grape, really. Or pepcid is the same kind of med but tastes really good apparently.

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