New here w/ Prevacid ?

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hello and apologies if this has already been asked! My 1 month old has been diagnosed w/ reflux and was put on Zantac and now switched to Prevacid by pediatrician. When we went to pick up the tablets the pharmacy didn’t have the 15 and gave us the 30. We are dissolving in 5 ml of water and only giving her 1 ml. Pediatrician said to give 2ml so I am confused. Is it just because it is the 30 mg tablets now so we can’t give 2 ml? It is helping but by the evening her throwing up is bothering her again so I feel like it’s not lasting long enough…

[hellbennt]

no apologies needed! welcome!

I’m about to go to bed, but I can answer your questions/give you links so that you can understand & answer your questions

first of all do not stop the zantac! I learned this the hard way, so really, keep w/ the zantac making sure to space it 4hrs from the prevacid

next:

you need to figure out proper prevacid dose (actually you need to figure out proper zantac dose, too!) & go from there- no need to be concerned w/ MLs of the medicine, rather MGs of the medicine-

please read

Prevacid 101:

scroll to the last page of this post, (it’s actually also about other PPIs like prilosec, too)
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&PN=0&TPN=1

there’s a link, from Prevacid 101, to a chart w/ how many mgs of prevacid your baby should be getting a day and also your baby should be dose 3 times a day (or two but three is optimal)

you need to give the solutab on an empty stomach, followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later

again, don’t worry about the MLS of water that you add- you can give as much or as little water as you want/need- you can hold the solutab (or piece of it) along the inside of baby’s cheek and wash down w/ water from a syringe or a bottle or a nipple (not attached to a bottle), etc.

you can make the prevacid a paste and give on your finger and wash down, you can make it a liquid w/ a lot of water- it’s up to you and what works for your baby…

please read all you can!

here’s zantac dosing:

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

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

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