prevacid capsules ANYONE??

[Anonymous]

Hi-

HOORAY we were able to get my 12 week old from 15 mg of prevacid to up to 30 a day- the dr. said whatever i find works best 20, 25 or 30.

He prescribed capsule, we were on solutabs, b/c he said it would be easier to divide the capsules rather than cutting the solutab in half- HOWEVER the capsules are hard beads which do not dissolve in liquid.

It was a huge mess and i finally had to take my finger and swab them in her mouth- then of course she gagged

QUESTION is should i forget about the capsules and only use the solutabs and cut and divide them or does somenone have some genius way to get these capsules in her???

Any information would be great!

Thanks, Heather

[Anonymous]

I hated the capsules for that reason, who has the time or finger size appropriate for dividing those darn things out! Anyway, that was just my opinion. I would go with the solutabs. Are you giving some in morning and bedtime? If you don’t want to do the full 30mg, I would think maybe 15 mg in the morning or night which ever is worst time for baby and then 7.5 mg at a time that isn’t so bad. And if that isn’t enough then do 15mg morning and night. I know with the timing of the solutabs and a young child, to many doses a day can become a challenge. Those would be my suggestions. I just really didn’t like the capsules.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the information- I thought maybe i was crazy not knowing how to deal with all those hard beads. I will just use the solutabs. I’ve been only giving the 15 once a day, I will take your suggestion and give twice a day, starting with the 15 and 7.5- I guess I can always up it after that.

Do you just cut it in half with a knife or should i buy a pill splitter (i’m assuming they have something like that at the pharmacy).

Thanks for replying so soon, have a good night.

Heather

[Anonymous]

I just split them with a knife, it won’t come out perfectly, but try to come as close as possible. It can’t be any worse than possibly trying to seperate those beads. If any got on the counter, I would just try to wet my finger and pick up the bits and let him suck on my finger. It helps that they are sweet strawberry tasting for such a young child.

There are lots of kids on here on 30 mg per day, my doc would never go that high and fortunately 15 mg worked for us sooner rather than later. It’s good your doc is on board though. But little kids metabolize these meds so fast, that usually they need a couple of doses to keep it in their system all day and night.

[Anonymous]

Hi Erica,

Just wanted to say thanks for the information, we split a tab today and it worked great!

Have a great weekend. Heather

[Anonymous]

We used a pill splitter when we were doing 1/2 a tab. I would give 7.5 mg in the morning and 15mg at bedtime and see how that worked. If it doesn’t do the trick then 15mg in a.m. and p.m. have worked for us. Make sure you store the 1/2 tab in aluminum foil as it is light sensitive and will breakdown if it has prolonged exposure to light. Just an FYI.

[Anonymous]

Ooooooh Beth, good info— Didn’t know that about them breaking down. Although ours are kept in a cupboard all day so not really an issue.

[Anonymous]

just wanted to add that we did the capsules succesfully. i would open them and pour them into a tablespoon of applesauce.. he loved it..

i would do one whole one in the morning.. and then half at night.. and just pour half of it out and put the top back on and put it back in the jar for the next day.

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