Too Much Prilosec

[Anonymous]

I have a question about my sons prilosec.

We were told to give him one 20 MG capsule mixed in apple sauce every morning but while I was at the pharmacy they stated that they were concerned that this was too much and went on to tell me that that dose is actually meant for a child that is about 40 ibs.

I am sure the doctor knows what he is doing but I wanted to double check. Do any of you think that is too much? And has this been effective for anyone. If so about how long did it take?

alw24ga2010-06-17 19:15:00

[hellbennt]

babies’ metabolisms are much faster than adults- they zoom through the medication, at least they zoom through PPIs (prevacid, prilosec)

check dose at http://www.marci-kids.com/dosing.html
I’m sure it’s good or even too low…

you need to give the prevacid w/ the apple sauce on an empty stomach, follwed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later.
you most likely want to split the 20mgs into 2 doses of 10mgs & 10mgs and give two times a day- giving once a day most likely won’t ‘cover’ your baby’s pain for the full day

it can take up to 14 days for you to see the full effects of the medicine so
if you have any zantac (or axid or tagement or pepcid) give that, too, just make sure to give it 4hrs seperate from the prevacid- once you ‘see’ the prevacid working (you’ll see it!) then you can always back off on the zantac

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