Solutabs be cut?

[Anonymous]

We were just switched from Zantac to Prevacid Solutabs tonight. Our ped prescribed 15 mg tablets to give 7.5 mg twice a day. Can these by cut in half? It says not to crush or chew them so I am not sure.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

The package insert says not to, but most of us have had to, and it hasworked just fine. I used to divide them on a paper plate so I could fold it in half and pour the little remnants into the container I was saving the second 1/2 in, so I wouldn’t lose any.

They definitely should not be crushed or chewed, but divided or cut is ok.

[Anonymous]

I use a pill cutter to cut them in half. Then I put 1/2 on a baby spoon with a little water and break it up with another spoon and feed it to her. She loved it and starts smacking her lips together when she sees it. Abby was also on 7.5mg 2x’s per day. It really has helped her. Hope you see the same success with your lo. It will take up to 2 wks. to see the full effect.

Andrea

[Anonymous]

yep it’s perfectly fine to cut them, actually I prefer breaking them in 2, sometimes using a knife can make them crumble.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm – just looking over this thread and am a little confused….I have been crushing the prevacid to give to my son….is that not good?

[Anonymous]

my doc actually gave me prev solutabs and told me go cut them into quarters and then give???? oh well the medicine issue is so complicated. hopefully we can come to a comfortable area where we are at soon with the meds

[Anonymous]

Gracegirl- what mg are the tablets? Is she still getting 30mg? B/c if you are cutting them in quarters are you then giving it to her 4times per day to total 30mg?

Andrea

[Anonymous]

they are 15 mg tablets. so doc told me to give it four x day to equal 30mg??? i don’t know iam so frieken confused right now i am just giving her the compound b/c her feeding patterns are so erratic, that i just couldn’t deal with the solutabs. im about to just give the compound and the solutabs together to put a end to this crap that way i know she is deff getting enough meds

[Anonymous]

It is def. hard to give the solutabs around meals esp. if she is eating erraticly. Abby didn’t usually have to hard of a time but she was a good eater except for crying on and off during the feedings. I really hope the Neocate starts to help. I started to notice a difference in about a week and then it just got better and better as time went on. I do know of a baby that had a bad reaction to Prevacid and had to be switched to Zegerid and now is doing great. So if you aren’t seeing an improvement soon I would ask to try another PPI.

Andrea

[hellbennt]

*If your baby is prescribed a PPI (prilosec/prevacid/nexium), it can take a while to ‘kick in.’ It can take up to 2 weeks for the PPI to ‘kick in’, so in the meantime, many of our babies have continued w/ the zantac. The prilosec kicked in for Jonah on day 12. So, you’ll probably want to [read: SHOULD] keep your baby on zantac until the PPI kicks in bcse otherwise, it’s as if your baby isn’t on any meds at all. I learned this the HARD WAY!

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