Prevacid Dosing

[Anonymous]

My son Jasper (4 months, 12 lbs) is just switching from zantac to prevacid ( half a solutab 7.5 mg twice a day )

From what I’ve read, the switch can be pretty rough if you cold turkey the zantac (which we did) because the prevacid takes 3-7 days to kick in. However, his spit up was no longer acidic with in the first 24 hours. Is that normal? Should I talk to his doctor about reducing his dose?

It’s been 4 days now and I’m still waiting for a steady state because he had kind of been all over the place (starving, refusing to eat, gassy, sleeping poorly, then lots etc.)

Thanks for your help,

Amy

[hellbennt]

welcome!

so glad you found us!

it can take up to 14 days for you to see full effects of prevacid.

I wouldn’t lessen anything until baby has been on it for a month…

that’s me.

have you 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 ?

[Anonymous]

Thanks! What are the symptoms if his dose is too high?

[hellbennt]

nothing. you will have a happy baby. happy!!!

then if you want to experiment, once baby is HAPPY, try cutting back on dose

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