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Sorry to hear the bad news.
You’re not alone. Many of us have been or are afraid to post in the hip hip hooray section because of the common experience of posting good news and then having things fall apart soon after. It’s a real bummer, to say the least.I think the next step would be Nutrmigen or Neocate.
How long has he been on 30 mg of Prevacid? What form? Is he getting three doses a day? Myles did best on three doses.
I’m sorry things have gotten bad again, and I hope you find the answer soon.
Hi everyone.
When other formulas do not work, does the Neocate seem to do the trick for most babies??? It seems like a last resort and I am afraid about what would happen if that failed too….this is making me that nuts.
To answer your question, Christine – “How long has he been on 30 mg of Prevacid? What form? Is he getting three doses a day? Myles did best on three doses.” He had been on the 30 mg of Prevacid solutabs for about 3 or 4 weeks now. I am giving it once at 7 am and again around 4 (so twice daily). Perhaps it would help to divide it in three doses…but if he was doing okay on the soy for about a week and then it went down hill, I would guess (and correct me if I am wrong because OH! have I been wrong before
) that that wouldn’t remedy this formula problem. However, I am going to try that next. What three times should I give it?J
Christine, thanks for the info….and redundancy is necessary when running on 3 seconds of sleep per night.
His nights have been really bad all along. I am going to try three doses for the next several days and a formula switch if he keeps doing badly. Oh, if his nights have been bad all along, then I definitely would try the three doses. And if that doesn’t work, I’d try Neocate. Heck, I might have even tried both at the same time if things were bad enough!
I remember those horrible sleepless nights.
I hope you find the right combination of formula and meds to get him feeling better soon.maybe im just crazy (well i am
) but my whole philosophy behind the neocate thing is why not just sell the damm stuff and let a parent use it if they want, why does everything have to be so complicated especially when it comes to our babies our future
I’m a bit of a cynic- the reason they don’t sell neocate or prescribe it that often is that it is dam expensive to make and therefore expensive to subsidise!
This is true in Aus anyway, where we have a pharmaceutical benefits scheme for all (rich and poor) which means the government subsidise meds- Drs are discouraged from overprescribing expensive ones by putting lots and lots of conditions on them!
In terms of what to try next, you have gotton lots of good advice, but I would try only one change at a time- I have done two things at once before and not known what worked so just had to experiment again- still took the same amount of time as trying both
Thanks. We really need some relief around here. It’s been rough. I am just trying to decide if I should try nutramigen first….I am so confused!
I can’t believe how complicated this is!About how much does neocate cost (w/o a prescription)?
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