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Jan Gambino
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 07:03 AM -
I agree with you--Prevacid is very difficult to dispense
Sonja P
Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 12:55 AMHi,
We finally switched from Prevacid to Prilosec and it has saved us a lot of trouble. No matter what you do, some prevacid granules will always get stuck in the syringe and the contents will not flow out.
We had some success wetting the solutab in a tiny baby spoon with a drop of water. Gently tease it so that it loses all the lumpiness. Then pick the soft blob on your fingertip and put it way inside her cheek. We also fooled our son by showing him his pacifier first; when he opened his mouth my little pinky went in instead of a pacifier. We did this for about 3 months.
Of course when he got older (i.e7 mo), we couldn't trick him any more, he started blowing the granules back on our face. We now have his prilosec suspension in two different flavors -- chocolate and bubblegum-- he loves both. Ask your dr if the Prilosec suspension can help your son. You may need a compounding phamacy for this (CVS, Walgreens are not useful). Also do not buy more than 15 days worth of meds, for some reason the compound is not as effective after 15 days (suggestion of my GI and pharmacist).
Good luck and hope this helps.
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Hello!
Thank you for sharing the information about giving medicine. I have written several Shareposts on giving medication too. Sometimes I have used your slow and steady approach too. A baby will hardly notice the medicine in her mouth when a tiny amount is given at a time.
Jan Gambino
The Reflux Mom
www.refluxmom.com