JUST to clarify… prevacid otc

[Anonymous]

I’m sure this has been asked a million times, but my pedi has me worried now, so I wanted to double check. Prevacid 24hr OTC is the same thing as the 15mg Lansoprazole prescription I was getting, correct? I just want to make sure. We were getting it compounded and he was doing great. Our insurance stopped covering prescriptions, even generics, and we can’t pay over $3000 a year for it! We’ve tried weaning him and a 1/2 dose is awful, so we can’t stop. He’s 9 months, so I thought I’d give it a try. I called to ask the pedi (first mistake I guess) and I was told “no, they’re different. He’s too young for the OTC.” So when I asked for an explanation as to HOW they’re different and what his age had to do with it since no prevacid is technically approved for infants the nurse obviously couldn’t tell me and said she’d check back with the Dr.

[hellbennt]

find the thread (string of posts in a topic) that’s called something like mixing zegerid at home- if you can’t find it, go to the medicine forum and go to prevacid 101- there should be a link to it- that’s what I would do (disclaimer: I’m NOT a medical professional!)

but really read Prevacid 101 & it will tell you all you need (or at least a good start!)

gotta dash

laura

[hellbennt]

zegerid mixing– has instructions for mixing the prescription packets and for using zegerid that you buy over the counter:

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14637

zegerid has the drug prilosec in it and it has buffers, so that it can be given w/ food. Otherwise, you must give a PPI on an empty stomach, followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later. Examples of situations where you have to follow the ’30 minute rule:’ if you use prevacid solutabs or, if you use either prevacid or prilosec capsules (you would open them up and give the beads inside the capsule- you would give on an empty stomach and administer the beads w/ 1/2 tsp of applesauce & then you would follow w/ a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later).

why should you care about zegerid? because you can give the medicine at any time, even with food, and you don’t have to worry about timing it around an empty stomach.

are there other options?

yes, you can buy over the counter capsules and administer the beads inside the capsule.

any other options?

you can try and TELL the pharmacist EXACTLY how to compound (make into a liquid) your prevacid or prilosec. However, for whatever reasons, it can be difficult to get a high enough dose prescribed and, for whatever reasons, pharmacist insist they’re doing it correctly their way and they don’t take kindly to compounding the way you or your doctor tells them to.

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