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March 21, 2007 at 8:39 am #28030

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Yes Zantac is the brand name o Ranitidine (the drug that I use is called here “Ranidil”, but we have “Zantac” too ).

He used to vomit rarely, and since he stopped taking only milk, he stopped also vomiting. His reflux was diagnosed “severe” with an ecography at 26 days of life. The doctor said that he had numberles case of refluxes while she was doing the eco, that his cardias was so immature that the channel was alway open, that all his organs in the area were immature but we were “lucky” since he had all his organs present .
He had another eco when was two months old and his cardias had somewhat matured, since he had only few case of refluxes during the examination. So the doctors decided not to do the Phmetry.
Now they want to stop Ranidil just because he is 20 month old. They said that his cardias must have matured at 20 months, while I know that there are cases in which 20 months are not enough. And I think mine is one of those cases…

Thank you for support,

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Valentina

March 21, 2007 at 12:13 pm #28064

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Valentina, we’re almost 22 months old and my daughter is still on reflux meds (prevacid). It’s true that the cardias usually matures by 20 months, but there are other causes of reflux that can linger on longer (like food intolerances or allergies etc.). I agree with you that I would want to keep him on his meds for that reason. But if your doc won’t keep him on, they have pepcid and zantac over the counter (without needing a doctor’s prescription) at the pharmacy, and I’ve heard of several moms using that.

It sounds like your ecography is what we call an upper GI (when they lie them on a table and have them drink a barium solution and look at the structure and anatomy that way). Is that right? If so, then that test doesn’t always show the true picture of reflux (it’s really used to diagnose any structural problems). My daughter didn’t show any episodes of reflux during the test (probably b/c her stomach was empty!) and she has a very bad case of reflux.

Anyhow, I think you should do what you think is right. Push your doc to keep him on his medicine if you think he needs it. There are many kids on this forum (and others) who are much older than your son and who are still on their meds.

March 22, 2007 at 4:27 am #28139

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I’ve seen that your daughter and other on this forum are older than my son, and still with reflux. Here in Italy most of the baby with reflux are treated only untill they start eating food (6 months), only few are given meds after that period, expecially if they do not have other problems like aenemia, asthma etc.
My son was diagnosed with a normal ecograpy, not with barium. They told me that usually the ecography alone was not enough for a diagnosis, but given the symptoms and the history of the baby (he had “growth retardation” – is this the definition? – in the addomen during pregnancy, and I had to take hig doses of steroids while pregnant, which favour reflux), it was enough.
Unfortunately in Italy pharmacy do not give Zantac on request, but only with medical prescription. Anyway sometimes they “forget” to ask prescription and I can manage to have it in someway. I hope to convince our doc without needing phmetry!

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Valentina
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