Increasing prevacid dosage

[Anonymous]

Brian’s new ped gi increased his prevacid to 7.5mg three times a day, and discontinue the pepcid. I wonder how long before I will see the effect? Since he is already on prevacid, does it take another 2 weeks to kick in? Do I need to give pepcid in the meantime?

[Anonymous]

You should see the effects of the increased dose immediately. When Hailey was about 10.5 months we increased her dose to 22.5 mgs when she was going through a string of nightwakings. It seemed to help immediately. We were doing 7.5 mg in the AM and 15 mgs at night.

Personally, I would try and go without the Pepcid for a few days with this increased Prevacid dose. If you notice a huge change without the Pepcid, you can always go back to giving it. The effects from the medicine are immediate and there is no 2 week waiting period if you re-start. I hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

My ped gi said that it would take 2-3 weeks for a higher dose. I did find this to be true for Isaac but all kids are different. I hope it kicks in really quickly!

[Anonymous]

Hi

Just curious how much your ds weighs?

With increases we saw an improvement in as little as 2-3 days

Good Luck, Kim

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