HELP… Prevacid Solutabs and Gagging

[Anonymous]

OK… Brady, my 7 month old little man has been on Prevacid Solutabs since he was 1.5 months. For the first two weeks, we were dissolving them in pedialyte and using a medicine syringe to get them into him (but the little medicine pellets got stuck and he was not getting his full dose. The doc told us to break the tabs, pop ’em in his mouth and plug his paci in (he assured us the baby would not choke on them).

Intermittently, he has gagged on them, but never consistently… until this week. Literally every dosage is a battle. He fights the paci and gags on the tabs.

I have NO idea why things have changed… has anyone else gone through this? Any info or recommendations are welcome.

Thanks in advance,

(a frazzled) Karen

[Anonymous]

Can you try dissolving them on a spoon in a touch of water and giving them to him that way? Alternately, you can dissolve them in a bit of water and use a mylicon type dropper (vs. a syringe) to give it. Put the syringe right near the cheek and closer to the back. Good luck. We had plenty of medication battles with my daughter and it was awful… usually the worst part of the day.

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