Zegerid can be rough on the stomach b/c of the high sodium (I THINK?!?!) content. There is something in it that is hard on the tummy. That being said, we NEVER had any tummy issues at all and I would highly recommend zegerid to anyone.
Did you get a high enough dose? It sounds like your prevacid dose was pretty good, just making sure you got a good dose of the zegerid too. Did you get the 40mg or 20mg packets? We used the 20mg packets. You have to add a buffer (tums or mylanta) to the 40mg packets, but I don’t know all of the details on that b/c we used the 20mg.
You can give zegerid ANYTIME regardless of meals. That was definitely one of the benefits! We started by giving it mixed with an ounce of formula. Just be careful to drink the medicine immediately (or within an hour) b/c the formula/milk will degrade the medicine if they are mixed together for too long. I learned that the hard way! Eventually when Sarah was a little older, we gave it to her straight from the syringe. I don’t know how you’re planning to administer the meds or if you got the 20/40mg packets but we found it convenient to mix larger batches of the zegerid in a large syringe. It made it easier to break into smaller doses (with individual syringes) for travel/daycare, etc…
I don’t know much about reglan. We tried it for a few weeks before we were put on zegerid and since I didn’t see much of a difference (because it wasn’t helping the bigger picture of acid reflux) we stopped using it. Do they suggest delayed gastric emptying? That is the main reason for prescribing it.
Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions!!! Don’t forget about the zegerid rebate coupon you can get from the zegerid website (I think they still have it anyway…)
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