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Sarak

Preemie Acid Reflux continues and now 9 months

My baby was born 2 months early. 31 weeks. He has been on prilosec since birth and has his dosage increased from 3 ml, to 6 ml, and now 9 ml per day. when he was a preemie he was in a danny sling, held after each feeding for 1 hour, and frequently burped while eating. His ped. thought he would be getting better... Read more Chevron

posted 01/03/2010, comment (1)|

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Laura's Mom

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Treatments for Sandifer Syndrome/Acid Reflux/GERD

My youngest daughter is 5 1/2 months old (born at term, 7lbs 2 oz. 21"), has been on Prevacid since she was roughly 2 months old for reflux symptoms - I finally figured out that I believe she has Sandifer syndrome - pretty classic - head tilting, seizure-like spasms, tears in eyes, some pathetic-sounding crying, and we've done the video EEG and... Read more Chevron

posted 12/22/2009, comments (11)|

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chloe'smom

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When Will This End?

After taking my daughter to see the third GI Specialist, things started to get better within 2.5 weeks of seeing him. He had increased the dosage of her Prevacid and Bethanchol. She was actually gaining weight and feeding wasn't much of a struggle anymore, although there were a few fussy feeding periods. Then for the past 2... Read more Chevron

posted 12/19/2009, comments (4)|

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Eric Hassall MD

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GERD is the new "Colic": Overprescription of acid-suppressing drugs in infants

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most potent acid suppressing medications currently available. These acid-suppressing drugs have revolutionized the treatment of GE reflux disease, and we and others have shown the enormous value of their use in children over last 15 years.1-3 However, there is no question but that PPIs are... Read more Chevron

posted 11/23/2009, comments (5)|

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Jenny K.

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6 week old refuses to feed

My six week old started experiencing acid reflux at 2 weeks. He was fighting me at every feeding. He was put on Zantac, which made no difference. He was recently put on Prevacid, but no difference either. I try to hold him upright during feeding, but that seemed to make no difference either. I even got the nap nanny to help... Read more Chevron

posted 10/22/2009, comments (4)|

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