Prevacid solutab question

[Anonymous]

I just got a script fo prevacid solutab 15mgs for my 3 week old baby boy. My family doc also gave me some free samples. They are 15mg solutabs strawbery flavored. Are these ok to give to a baby? Do they work just as well as the unflavored kind? The nurse told me to mix it for him with water in a seringe. I told her I was going to hold it against his cheek and put some water there while it is dissolving but she was worried about choking. As long as I hold it there, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?

[Anonymous]

Shouldn’t be. I know lots of moms did it that way.. just be sure to move it around for the next dose, so that one area doesn’t get sensitive. We tried the water in the syringe and it was a MESS. the beeds wouldn’t fully dissolve and it dribbled all over his face and chin. If you are worried about choking, maybe break it up a bit and give it in small pieces???

[Anonymous]

We dissolved it in water and used a bulb dropper (i.e. like a mylicon dropper) as recommended by someone on this site. It worked pretty well.

[Anonymous]

We did the syringe and tap method to tap the beads down into the tip of the syringe, but holding in the cheek should work fine. Make sure you give on an empty stomach and follow with a meal 30-60 min later and you might want to split your dose into 7.5 mg in the a.m. and pm. to give better relief. That is what we did when we were only on 15mg/day or you can try to give it just at nighttime.

[Anonymous]

We did the cheek method and moved it around every time and we never had any problems. It dissolves fairly quickly so I doubt that choking would be an issue.

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