me, I wouldn’t worry about it, but that’s me.
he means that no PPI is FDA approved for use w/ infants.
Is ANY medicine FDA approved for infants I wonder? Is zantac?
maybe this helps?
it kind of answers my question, LOL:
from above:
“The labeling has also been changed for Zantac (ranitidine), a drug used to treat gastroesophageal reflux. This condition can be life-threatening in infants. When reflux occurs, the stomach contents can flow up the esophagus and be aspirated into the lungs. This can harm the lungs of infants and result in breathing problems.
Studies have given doctors accurate dosing information for safer and more effective use of the drug to manage reflux in seriously ill infants. Richard Gorman, M.D., chairman of the Committee on Drugs at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a member of the FDA’s Pediatric Advisory Committee, and a pediatrician in Maryland, says, “Now I can use ranitidine with as much information as doctors who use it in adults. I know the dose. I know the dosing interval.”
New discoveries have revealed underdosing, overdosing, ineffectiveness, and safety problems. Gorman says, “Even though the best and brightest pediatric minds have helped us establish dosages for children, we’re finding out that the dose is different than we thought in some cases. And that probably came as a surprise to most of us.”
The FDA is working with the AAP to educate pediatricians about new physician labeling changes through an online continuing medical education program called PediaLink.”
anyway: I trust the research done by the U of Missouri (dr philips et al)…
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great!