Anyone with a child on Zantac, Prilosec, or Prevacid? - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

dina08 · 07-14-2008, 09:17 AM

I am so stressed out because my 6 month old daughter has reflux and refuses to eat. I can only feed her when she is asleep. It's very stressful seeing her not wanting to eat; yet, she is hungry. She is switching from Zantac to Prevacid and the Prevacid doesn't seem to be helping yet. Anyone have any experiences with this?

Brownie110 · 07-14-2008, 11:00 AM

My son is on zantac and ever since the dr upped his dosage to .7...he is unbearable....wont eat his full bottle, fights his sleep and is screaming until I put him in the car so he can fall asleep....so I feel for you....Im now waiting for his GI to call me back to see what to do...he also spits up alot while on normal formula (which GI said to do) he was on enfamil AR and the GI said alls that formula does is constipate them....I will let you know what they say

G8r4evr · 07-14-2008, 03:55 PM

My DD had been on Zantac for several months and I havent noticed any improvement in her spitting up. She eats great though and her temperament is wonderful...The only formula that has calmed her spitting up is Similac Sensitive RS.

I was hoping she would grow out of the spitting up phase, so I could put her on regular formula, bu such luck yet.

doodlebugsmom · 07-14-2008, 07:01 PM

My son is on Zantac and eats Nutramigen. The Zantac helps, but it took a month to see improvement. We also used Thick It for 8 months to thicken his formula. He tolerates non-thickened formula now that he's over a year but is still on Nutramigen, and will reamain on it for a few more months, at least. The meds sometimes just need time to help, but if she's not eating keep pushing for them to do more. If the spit up is real bad, they may need to give her Reglan to speed up how quickly her stomach empties.

dina08 · 07-16-2008, 06:16 PM

Brownie110 - Is there any update from your doctor visit?