Meds question

[Anonymous]

DS has been on zantac for 4 weeks. He’s gone from 9 to 13 pounds. He didn’t need a dose change at his last appt but now I’m not sure if he does, if he needs a new med, or if he doesn’t need any. I had an oversupply issue & when I got it figured out he stopped being so fussy. I thought he might not have reflux issues anymore, but his night sleep is horrible. He’s up every hour & is hard to settle. Is night waking alone a big indicator of reflux problems? He’s happier during the day so I’m at a bit of a loss. His next appt isnt for a month.

[hellbennt]

me, and this is just ME (I’m not a medical professional):

I’d give zantac at night and see if it helps. If it helps, I’d continue to give it…

[Anonymous]

Thanks- I do give it to him at night & he’s still waking up at night, so I don’t know of its doing anything.

[hellbennt]

ok, well I’ll calculate for 13 lbs & you can see if the dose for his weight makes any difference?

13lbs = 5.9 kilos

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8288&PN=3

maximum dosing for zantac is 10mgs per kilo

Don’t just take my word on this!

read here:

Zantac dosing– my/other’s question (has axid & pepcid doses, too):

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8288&PN=1

ok 10 x 5.9 = 59

that’s 59 mgs of zantac total for the day

your bottle of liquid zantac says 15mgs/ml

this means that for every 1ml of liquid you give, there’s 15mgs of the medicine zantac in that 1ml of liquid

so: 59 divided by 15 = 3.9 mls total for the day of zantac (I’d round up to 4 mls)

you can divide into two or three doses and the doses do not have to be ‘even’

you must space zantac 4hrs from a PPI

[Anonymous]

Thank you! He’s only on 2mls now so I think the increase would be a good thing to try.

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