Dr Will Not go Up on Dose

[Anonymous]

My son is 6 weeks old and 11 lbs. He’s taking 7.5 mgs of prevacid once per day. According to everything I’ve read on here and marci’s kids they say 2 times that amount. My dr refuses to do this. What do I do? They say he’s at the max for his weight. Help!

[Anonymous]

See if you can find a new doc. Check out recommendations is Laura’s groupie intro. Marci-kids is aggressive as far as dosing, but it seems to work. Problem is that doctors are dosing by different standards. You can read our questions about this to marci-kids and their answers under patient stories, Hailey’s story. We had to go from doctor to doctor to find someone who would go high enough for her to get relief. I guess the other option is to try OTC?

[Anonymous]

I am not saying you should do this, as I am not a dr. I am just telling you what I did. I upped his dose on my own and then told the GI dr- explaining what I did and how MUCH BETTER he was once I had done it. The dr wasn’t thrilled b/c she thought it was such a high dose, but she did give her blessing. He continues to do well and now the doc is fine with it. I had also mailed her all the marci-kids info before our first appt so she had a chance to see it and see why I did what I did.

Good luck to you and your LO!

[hellbennt]

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FAX FAX FAX
the dr

don’t wait
for a call…

start off w/
a THANK YOU

keep it
short & sweet

stick to the
facts (no feelings and no rambling emotions)

state
current meds, doses, symptoms

make
request- flat out- short & sweet

THANK AGAIN

follow up by
calling office to say fax was sent

call again
later to discuss requests in fax, ie: have you
called in the increased prescription yet? THANK YOU

sample fax: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10633&PID=90325#90325

About faxing the doctor
(& more): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2841&TPN=1

hellbennt2010-02-02 18:35:32

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