Weaning Prevacid

[Anonymous]

My daughter, who was a preemie and is now 26 months old, has had severe reflux. She had been on 15 mg Prevacid twice a day. I had successfully weaned her down to 7.5 mg once a day, and 2 days ago discontinued it all together. Today, she was having horrendous reflux. I’m just wondering if this is a “rebound reflux” that will eventually get better or should I put her back on the Prevacid? How long should I wait it out? Has anyone else had this sort of experience? Any info would be greatly appreciated!

[Anonymous]

How long did you take to do the wean? I ask b/c I know that it took us about 9wks before we stopped all together and we were on 15mg 2x/day. What I did was cut the morning dose in 1/2 for 3wks, then cut the pm dose in 1/2 for 2 wks and then i stopped the morning dose totally waited 3 more wks and then cut out the pm dose totally. my son was 16 months old at the time. Have you tried giving a tums or some mylanta cherry supreme to see if that helps? If could be rebound if you weaned to quickly. I aired on the side of caution and the thought that slow and steady wins the race so to speak. HTH.

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