I’m not TOO far from you I think — we go to Dr. Cornelius Cathcart at Henderson Pediatric Center in Henderson, NC. I’m not native to NC so I’m not sure how far that is from you. The phone number is 252-492-9565.
Dr. Cathcart was our third try, and by the time I reached him I had already increased Nathan’s dosage myself to 30 mg. The highest that the previous peds would go was 15 mg, but I had just a few leftover solutabs from my older son’s reflux days. After I increased the dosage to 30 mg, I saw improvement within 2 days. Granted, everything wasn’t perfect; we still had some issues to work out (like how to break up the dosage, which time of day he needed it the most, etc.) but he was NOT crying all day anymore, thank God!
Anyway, so I went to Dr. Cathcart and told him everything we had tried — Zantac, Axid, Prevacid at 7.5 mg, 15 mg, 22.5 mg, and that only did we see improvement at 30 mg. He really took his time with me, and he agreed to write the prescription for 30 mg. He said that he was aware of the research that says PPI’s are underdosed in infants, and that Nathan was not the first baby he had done this for. I did get the feeling, however, that he wants babies to try everything else, including Zantac, possibly Reglan, thickening feeds, etc. before going with a high dose of Prevacid.
Good luck!! Please let me know if you decide to make the drive. Hopefully he would be of help to you.
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