Mixing Prevacid In Bottles?

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to give the Prevacid Solu-Tabs other than the syringes? I feel like the tabs disolve so much so that my son is not getting any. Not to mention that he spits his formula back up after a feeding. I have been thinking of trying to disolve the tabs in his bottle??

I have been reading the MARCI web-page and my son is almost 8 mos. old and weighs about 16 pounds, meaning he could take from 21-27 mg of Prevacid a day. Our doc. had us giving Connor only 7.5 mg a day….no wonder nothing was working?!?! I am self-prescribing at this point….I am starting by giving him 1/2 tablet in morning and 1/2 at night. I think the medication may wear off by evening which explains our disastrous nights. Does this seem okay that I am doing this? My doc. has not been much of a help AT ALL!!!!!

[Anonymous]

You really have to give them the solutabs alone–and they HAVE to be 30-60 minutes before a feeding, or else they won’t work their best. I always dissolved it and got as much as I could to get into the end of the syringe, then get it in there.

As for the dosing, have you shown your doc the marci-kids info? I would keep pushing until they agree, maybe even see if they’ll agree to let you “trial” the higher dose for 2 weeks, so he’ll write the higher prescription and see how that goes. Normally they recommend giving at least 2, if not 3 doses, of the Prevacid per day, which is definitely why your lo would have rough nights–his meds may have been worn off by then. marci-kids also points out studies which show that babies metabolize meds faster than adults, so they need more & more often. Where are you located? If your Pedi won’t give a higher dose, you should try another Pediatrician, or even a Family Practice doc, many ladies here have had help from them. Have you also considered trying to see a Pedi GI? Normally they’re hard to get into, so if you can get a referral from your Pedi, make the appointment, and maybe by the time it rolls around (normally 2-3 months from now), you won’t need it, but if you do, you’ll have it.

Sorry this is a bit rambling, but I’m in a little hurry. Hope this helps and I’m sure more members here will have more to add. Good luck, and I hope your little sweetie finds relief soon.

dfb052008-01-30 21:17:59

[hellbennt]

the solutabs have to be given on an empty stomach, so no they cannot be given w/ a bottle…they have to be given on an empty stomach & then followed by a meal 30 minutes later. from groupie intro there’s a link to Prevacid 101 which should help…

you can try administering them w/ a dropper like from a tylenol or mylicon bottle- you can also play around w/ how much water you dissolve them in- you can experiment by trying a paste like consistancy or add more liquid- it’s a lot of trial & error- or you can hold the solutab on the inside of the baby’s cheek- just move around whrer you give it so as not to irritate any one spot

if you have any zantac (or pepcid or axid or tagament) you can also give this, just space 4hrs seperate from the prevacid

I cannot tell you it’s ok for you to do what you’re doing. I CAN tell you that many parents have done what you’re doing. I am not a medical professional. but, YOU are the MOMMY!!!!

hang in there!

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

For an 8-month old, I’d probably just put the solutab directly on his tongue and let it dissolve, but you may have already tried that. My son is 8 months also, and I have a 2-year-old like you, so I know it’s really hard. Just hang in there, and things will get better.

About the dosage, I would do ANYTHING I had to do to give my baby the proper dose. We finally found a doc who would give my son 30 mg, but before then I was using leftover solutabs from my first son’s reflux days to increase my second son’s dose. If I were you, I’d up the dose myself like you said, give it just a few days and if no improvement, increase it again by 7.5 mg. Then a few more days, and increase it again by 7.5 mg til you’re up to 30 mg. You can play around with the times — we found that Nathan needed no less than 15 mg at a time to get any relief (splitting the 30 mg into 3- 10 mg doses did not help him much at all). But if I gave him 15 mg in the morning 30 minutes before his first feed, he’d take a really good morning nap. Then I’d give the other 15 mg before his bedtime feed, and he’d sleep really well overnight. The afternoon nap was definitely hit or miss early on, but that’s the way it worked best because my 2-year-old was napping and I could manage the screaming baby better one-on-one.

Anyway, sorry to go on and on — just wanted to say don’t be afraid to leave your current doctor if he/she won’t increase to the dose you find your son needs. Good luck!!!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice. I am experimenting by giving Connor 7.5 MG in the morning, 7.5 in the afternoon, and 7.5 at night. Today will be the first full day. I think I may have been putting too much water in the syringe and after reading some of your suggestions I think I will try a Tylenol dropper. I can’t thank everyone enough for these responses. I feel so much better after reading them!! I made an appt. with a new pedi. however I cannot get in until Feb. 13th.

Denise, I live in a suburb of Milwaukee. I have taken Connor to the GI clinic at Children’s Hospital…but in all honestly I felt like we were just another number there, they quickly got us in (after seeing a nurse practioner twice we finally got in with a specialist), put him on Nutramigen and sent us on our way. Hopefully this new pedi. will help us put together some sort of a plan b/c we don’t know anything right now. I don’t even know how often to feed him, if I should continue with solids (he spits it all back up) etc….so again I hope this new doc. can provide some answers 🙂 I felt so discouraged with Children’s Hospital that I have been reluctant to go back which is probably not the best idea. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

My daughter has been taking the solutabs since she was about 3 months old. When she was younger, I would hold the tab in the side of her cheek until it mostly dissolved, then I would give her a few mL of water by syringe to help wash it down. As she got older, I have been able to just tuck the tab inside her cheek (without holding it there) and she is getting good at just gumming it until it dissolves and I still use a little water to help her rinse it down. I was afraid she would either spit it out, or choke a little if I just put it on her tongue so I found tucking it into the cheek worked great!

Hope things start to get easier soon – glad to see you increased the dose to something more appropriate for his age and weight. Sometimes we just have to do what we need to in order to help our little ones!

[Anonymous]

So you just gave her the tablet….let her “eat” it and she never spit it out? Hmmm….I am going to try that. That sounds like it might work, especially since I know he is always so hungry that maybe he will think it is “food!”

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Yep – it seems to work for us! I usually lay her down (less likely to come out in drool, etc.) tuck the tab inside her cheek and let her gum it around in her mouth. Then I syringe a little water in her mouth to wash down the little beads of Prevacid.

Hope it helps!

[Anonymous]

Yea!! I did it last night before he went to bed…and he slept from 11:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. Like a miracle 🙂 I think the extra dosages of Prevacid might be helping too. Thank you for the tip. Too bad my doctor never thought to tell me anything like that…aaahhh!!!

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