Does Prevacid Kick in Immediately?

[Anonymous]

My 13 week old twins are only 1/2 tab prevacid twice daily(solutabs). Been on it since Saturday morning with NO improvement. Started giving Mylanta today at each feeding(1 cc). Still no improvement. Dr says we should be seeing some. He said prevacid is the best and last resort, since zantac doesn’t work. Doesn’t recommend using any of the other ppis because he said they’re all the same. I just don’t know what to do if prevacid doesn’t work! They’re still arching and screaming at every feeding.

[Anonymous]

It took almost 2 weeks to see improvement in our case. The company will claim that it starts to work immediately, but many people here have posted that it can take a while to “kick in”. I think that’s because it starts to cut the acid immediately, but it takes a little longer for the esophagus to start to heal.

[Anonymous]

Our Gi doc told us that it takes two weeks to kick in. Both my twins started Prevacid solutab (1/2) twice day two weeks ago thursday. And I started giving them Mylanta every other bottle (with thier Zantac) They are on both and I think that has helped even more. When we go to the gi doc Thursday I am going to the prevacid for they are still refluxing alot BUT they aren’t fighting the feeds anymore. They were absolutely refusing everything two weeks ago and since Sunday they havin’t fought once. I don’t know if the prevacid kicked in a little or if it is because we also switched from Nutramagin to Alimentum (gas issues.) I have read on here that zantac and prevacid seems to work better when given both (not at the same time) than they do alone. You might want to check into that too.

[hellbennt]

it was day 12 for the PPI to kick in for Jonah. Yup, it was THAT apparent…

he still needed zantac until we got the dose ‘right.’

my educated guess is that the dose isn’t enough, but you have time to figure that out

are you giving it at the ‘right’ time? How long before/after eating to administer: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2789

[Anonymous]

Keri

Is Alimentum less gassy?

[Anonymous]

that seems to be the dose everyone here is on and my gi told me its the same dose a 70 yr old would get. how can it be too much? sounds like it just needs time to work? i really dont want to over medicate my kids.

[Anonymous]

Babies metabolize the meds more quickly than adults, so they actually do need a higher dose. You aren’t overmedicating them, although I totally understand your concern. We hated the idea of putting her on prevacid at all, but it ended up being the only thing that made her comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Hang in there….my doc told me it would work immediately, too. But it took about 10 days before I saw improvement.

Are you giving the prevacid 2 hrs after eating and following it up with a full meal 30 minutes later? That’s important in making the medicine work properly.

It’s definitely not too high of a dose. Babies metablolize this drug 3 times faster than adults so they need a higher dose and they need to get it more than once per day.

I hope they are feeling better soon.

[Anonymous]

Shelly,

For both my boys the Nutramagin amde them even more gassy than other formulas but with them all they were in a constant state of cramping from all the gas. The doctor told us to try Alimentum (minor differences to Nutramagin) but those minor differences caused a big difference in the boys. The powder did not work for us. Still made them very gassy and uncomfortable. The RTF however has been a god send. The only difference is the RTF doesn’t have corn products such as corn syrup or corn powder in it and also a little thicker than the powder stuff. So I don’t know if that is why they do better on it or not. But if your baby is very gassy, it is worth a try. You can always go back if it doesn’t work for him. It is expensive though. The RTF runs about 8-9 dollars a bottle for 32oz. I did find that if you qualify for WIC, they will cover it on a medically necessary basis (I mean the RTF).

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