prevacid users, ? 4 u

[Anonymous]

Hello. Our dr prescribed Prevacid solutabs, 15 mg/day. How do I give the med to Ariella who’s almost 16 weeks? Do I crush the tablet and give it to her in a powdered form? Also, how soon did it start working for your little ones? Ariella’s been IMPOSSIBLE . I’m guessing her reflux is acting up again. She used to take Zantan then Axid and now our last hope is Prevacid. I pray that it works…

[Anonymous]

Usually we dissolve them in a small amount of water and then administer it with a syringe or medicine dropper. I’d probably give her 1/2 in the am and 1/2 in the pm since most babies need more than one dose. Also, be sure to give the solutabs on an empty stomach and then follow it up with a meal 30 minutes later.

You might want to continue with the Axid for two weeks because it generally does take two weeks to see the full effect of a PPI medicaiton. Just be sure to give the axid several hours apart from the Prevacid.

Good luck. I hope she’s feeling better soon.

[Anonymous]

You should never crush the solutabs or capsules- you destroy the protective coating and destroy the drug. One option is to give it dissolved in a bit of water by syringe like Christine said. Another option is to do the same but give it dissolved on a spoon. Another option is to hold it in her cheek until it dissolves and then give her some water to wash it down. Just make sure to try and give it like Christine said, on an empty stomach with a feedign 30 minutes later. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your replies. If I can’t crush the med, how do I give her half? Do I dissolve the whole capsule in water and then give her 1/2 in the am and the other 1/2 in the pm? How much water should I dissolve it in? Sorry for many questions. I just want to do it right so that we all get some relief!! Thank you again for your help.

[Anonymous]

I remember reading somewhere that it is ok to break the solutab in half…but I guess you can’t crush it. We only give our daughter 10mg..so we just break about 1/4 of a 15mg off each morning and she has done fine with that. Also, we had the most success with just resting the meds against her cheek and letting it disolve…I just could never get all the granuals in the dropper.,..but I think when we did disolve it, we used about 1tsp of water

I hope the prevacid works for you!

[hellbennt]

there’s a link from ‘Prevacid 101’ about how to administer the solutabs

Prevacid 101 can be found from Groupie Intro (Introduce Yourself Forum) & from the Medicine Forum- the stickied ‘treating GERD w/ PPIs’ – scroll down to the purple post

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone for taking time to reply. Laura, thank you for pointing out the link that contains the info about administering the solutabs, it helped. I guess I’ll try the holding it against her cheek method. I’ll just wash my hands really well and hope she’ll let me hold my finger in her mouth long enough for the solutab to dissolve. If not, I’ll probably drop some water on it and give it to her with the spoon but I’m afraid she’ll spit most of it out. We’ll have to experiment a little and see what works for us.

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to say good luck and I hope this is the answer for you! I remember when we started Zegerid I was feeling the SAME way…”Man if this doesn’t work I don’t know what we’re going to do!” I hope Prevacid is the magic cure! Keep us posted!

Amy

[Anonymous]

I just started givig Abby Prevacid 15 ml. Pharmacy first gave me capsules, which I found out don’t dissolve when you open it. Then they gave me a compound liquid form of it in droppers, she would spit that up. Now I have the solutabs. I bought a pill splitter from the pharmacy and split it in half and hold it inside her cheek to let it dissolve. She’s good at that, she actually sucks my fiinger while it’s in there so she creates plenty of saliva, then put in 1ml of water with a dropper in her mouth to wash it down. There are some granules that come out the side of her mouth and some left on my finger, but my dr said that small amount that doesn’t get is not a big deal. I may try to give a little more to make up for the difference. It takes about 2 weeks for it to kick in. We are on day 3 with it, I will probaby spit that dose in half and give it twice a day. They come in 15ml tablets in the States, we can’t get them here in Canada yet so I have 30ml, spit in half.. hang in there….

[Anonymous]

Amy, I’ve been meaning to thank you for suggesting to join this forum. The ladies on here have been wonderful and very helpful. It’s also very helpful to know that I’m not the only one who’s going through this. Again, thank you very much!

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