Questions about Zantac and Prilosec

[Anonymous]

I am new here, and I have learned so much from reading all your posts this morning!

My daughter will be 2 months tomorrow; she weighs about 12 lbs? maybe a little less.

On Tuesday I finally figured out she was crying so much from acid reflux, so the doc called in Zantac. .7mil 2x a day. I gave it to her Tuesday night, 2x on Wed, and Thursday morning, but she was still screaming constantly. I knew it was a low dose, so I called back thinking they would up it. Instead they prescribed compounded Prilosec. 1.5 ml 2x a day (I think it’s 2mg/2ml)

She is still screaming, but she has only had 2 doses on Prilosec.

My questions!

The nurse didn’t give any indication to stay on Zantac, but after reading here I am wondering if I should give both. I stopped it when we started Prilosec. Should I be giving both?

She is exclusively breastfed. Can what I eat affect her acid reflux? As of today, I am trying to cut out dairy.

The Prilosec was compounded with flavoring (I think b/c it tastes and smells like bananas), should I get a new Rx after 2 weeks?

Thanks so much! I am sure I will have more questions!

🙂

[Anonymous]

Another question- should I up her Zantac dosage? She is not getting any relief. 🙁

Also, the prilosec that y’all are mixing with buffer babies- is that OTC prilosec for adults?

Her 2 month appt is Wed. and I am making a list to talk to the doctor about!

[hellbennt]

Here is a post called Prevacid 101 which is actually about prilosec, too and it even has a link to info about zantac!
it’s the last post on the page, in purple.
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&PN=0&TPN=1
reading Prevacid 101 should help answer your questions; I just updated it last night to include new information about zegerid OTC (thats a med w/ prilosec, you’ll ‘see’ )

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