question about zegerid

[Anonymous]

I started my son on zegerid yesterday with the mylanta and since then his stools have been watery. I know this happens sometimes and was curious do I wait it out and see if it stops or do I switch to tums as I have read some people use. If I go to tums, how do you dissole and mix?

He also seems a little more cranky then usual, do you think this is due to the medicine change? I had him on prevacid 15mg 2x a day, but by mid afternoon you could tell the reflux was bothering him and it was difficult to wait the 30mins needed, this is why I switched to zegerid, so I am able to give tid as recommended. he is on zegerid 10mg 3x a day.

[Anonymous]

I guess I would wait a few more days and see about the stools. It may just take him a bit to adjust. However, my son was very gassy on too much Mylanta, so maybe that’s what’s bothering him.

You may want to double check with Dr. Phillips about this, but what I would do, if I were you is to dissolve about 1/2 a tablet in 3 mls of water and then suck up 2.5 mls into the syringe that already contains your 10mgs (2.5 mls) of Zegerid.. for a total volume of 5 mls. Does that make sense?

Also, watch out on the Tums. Several of them have milk in the ingredients. Not sure if you are worried about that or not, but the Tropical Fruit flavor is milk free.

Bensmama2007-11-30 19:52:25

[Anonymous]

I have another question: we started zegerid 40mg, 10mg 3x a day 3 days ago and since then all my son does is cry and spit up more then before. I did try the tums instead of mylanta with no change. I thought there would be some adjusting with the med switch, but I did not think it would be this bad. It is like he is not even receiving meds. Do you think he is not tolerating the Zegerid? I just feel so bad for him.

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