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if you can get solutabs, yes you can give those a try. however, they need to be given on an empty stomach, followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later…
This is all in the link I gave in the post above your last post
OTC (over-the-counter) prevacid w/ applesauce, pedialyte, etc: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14642&PID=113339#113339
OTC zegerid: has the drug prilosec in it and it has buffers, so that it can be given w/ food. Otherwise, you must give a PPI on an empty stomach, followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later.Examples of situations where you have to follow the ’30 minute rule’:if you use prevacid solutabs or, if you use either prevacid or prilosec capsules (you would open them up and give the beads inside the capsule- you would give on an empty stomach and administer the beads w/ 1/2 tsp of applesauce & then you would follow w/ a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later).why should you care about zegerid? because you can give the medicine at any time, even with food, and you don’t have to worry about timing it around an empty stomach.
zegerid mixing:
Mixing instructions Zegerid OTC: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14637
Are there other options?
yes, you can buy over the counter capsules and administer the beads inside the capsule. (see above link for instructions and also Prevacid 101, last post onthe page:)https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&PN=0&TPN=1
any other options?
you can try and TELL the pharmacist EXACTLY how to compound (make into a liquid) your prevacid or prilosec. However, for whatever reasons, it can be difficult to get a high enough dose prescribed and, for whatever reasons, pharmacist insist they’re doing it correctly their way and they don’t take kindly to compounding the way you or your doctor tells them to.
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