you can also do a search – search button is located in the upper right-hand corner of this page – search 6 months and OLDER using keyword zegerid
make sure you know the proper dose, too, to TELL your dr…
PPI Dosing Chart: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2668
zegerid mixing- has instructions for mixing the prescription packets and for using zegerid that you buy over the counter:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14637
zegerid has the drug prilosec in it and it has buffers, so that it can be given w/ food. Otherwise, you must give a PPI on an empty stomach, followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later. Examples of situations where you have to follow the ’30 minute rule:’ if you use prevacid solutabs or, if you use either prevacid or prilosec capsules (you would open them up and give the beads inside the capsule- you would give on an empty stomach and administer the beads w/ 1/2 tsp of applesauce & then you would follow w/ a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later).
why should you care about zegerid? because you can give the medicine at any time, even with food, and you don’t have to worry about timing it around an empty stomach.
are there other options?
yes, you can buy over the counter capsules and administer the beads inside the capsule.
any other options?
you can try and TELL the pharmacist EXACTLY how to compound (make into a liquid) your prevacid or prilosec. However, for whatever reasons, it can be difficult to get a high enough dose prescribed and, for whatever reasons, pharmacist insist they’re doing it correctly their way and they don’t take kindly to compounding the way you or your doctor tells them to.
zegerid mixing:
Mixing instructions Zegerid OTC without Caracream
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14637
using zegerid rx packets:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14587&PN=1
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