How to give Losec to my 3yr old

[Anonymous]

Hi, I am new here but not to reflux. I’m having a terrible time getting my 3yr old to take Losec (Omeprazole) without gagging it back up.

I live in Canada so I can’t get Zegerid. My daughter is 3yrs old and has been on Prevacid since infancy. I used to use Caracream to give it to her but stopped and started simply opening the capsules and giving it to her in a teaspoon of pureed pears (she can’t have applesauce or soy or dairy). This worked really well until a few months ago when she started to become symptomatic again. We upped her dose of Prevacid but then she was too wired to sleep. So, her GI switched her to omeprazole to see if it would work better for her. I tried pouring the granules into the pears but she HATED it and gagged on it. I then tried mixing it up with the Caracream I had left but she still HATES it and gags terribly on it, sometimes throwing it back up. I don’t know what to do or how to get it into her.

I called a compounding pharmacy about having it made into a flavoured suspension and they said it could be done, but after reading your info I’m not sure that’s a great idea. Is there anything I can do to the Caracream to make it taste better? Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance …

[Anonymous]

losec is known to be awful tasting no matter what flavors you try to add to it. my only suggestion would be that if yo do get it compounded, get the flavoring on the side and add it in as you go,
here is a link about how to compound correctly:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4505&a mp;KW=ppi

[hellbennt]

put it in pudding? ice cream/frozen yogurt? peanut butter & jelly sandwich?

actually it has to be in something acidic, right? that’s why pears or apple sauce? hmm…key lime pie?

hellbennt2006-11-11 13:53:37

[Anonymous]

You can add a bit of Hershey’s syrup to the CaraCream right before you give it. Or try adding it to yogurt or pudding, like Laura suggested. Really though, losec tastes awful. We’ve done every form you can get here- We’re in Toronto. I would be careful about the compounding. We had trouble with the stability and it was made by one of the most reputable pharmacies in the city. We’ve had better success on the prevacid.

What dose was your dd on before you switched to losec? I’ve heard others post that their child (especially older ones it seems) have had trouble sleeping when the prevacid dose was upped and given near bed. Some people with older children have had success giving one whole dose of prevacid in the morning, and then an OTC antacid (like pepcid, TUMS, or mylanta before bed). I know that doesn’t really help much b/c you’re not using prevacid anymore. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

That does help. We can’t use yogurt or pudding b/c she is dairy/soy intolerant. I could try going back to the Prevacid and giving her the whole dose in the moring, what I was doing was giving her a little more than half in the morning and then a slightly smaller dose at 4pm, then Pepcid before bed. I’ll try the chocolate syrup, though, thanks.

[Anonymous]

The chocolate syrup seems to be working! I add a few drops to the Caracream before giving it to her and she takes it! Thanks so much for the suggestion.

The Losec seems to be working MUCH better for her than the Prevacid … I’m actually quite shocked. She hasn’t complained about her tummy or her tongue almost since we started it. She has a bad head cold, so she is somewhat miserable, but I really think that is just cold related.

Thanks again to everyone for all of your help.

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