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welcome!
you’ve found the best place to research all you can to be the best advocate for your baby!
first of all, I have learned that it’s better (in most cases) to TELL your doctor and see what happens. So, I’d TELL the doctor that you’re going to do ____ after researching all you can.
Zantac dosing– my/other’s question (has axid & pepcid doses, too):
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8288&PN=1
From above link: zantac dosingby weight: 10mgs per kilo.
no need to ‘just’ take my word on this (or anything! please don’t! research and make your own decisions!)
Research all through the Medicines Forum and then you’ll know what you’re talking about when you TELL the doctor.
I don’t mean to discourage you, *sigh.* It’s just that you really have to know your stuff and be able to TELL your doctor what it is that your baby needs.
Even OUR doctor, who was WONDERFUL, we had to tell. He didn’t object – he listened, our request(s) sounded reasonable, and our baby got what he needed. it was a long process. I hope to help others, to get theirs going faster…
Seeing a specialist may or not help, I’m afraid. However, I strongly recommend getting to one!
Look here to help you research:
Looking for GI: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=660
there are recommendations for ped GIs in your area…
I’m guessing your read through Groupie Intro:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853, where I explain how most babies seem to plateau on zantac…it’s very weight sensitive.
I can help you calculate PROPER DOSE. Do NOT ‘just’ take my word on it!
read the above zantac link
In the meantime, I’d research about PPIs,
(Prevacid 101:
scroll to the last page of this post, (it’s actually also about other PPIs like prilosec, too
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&PN=0&TPN=1 ) and
about ‘the products’ (again, in Prevacid 101)
I can’t recommend them (‘the products’) strongly enough- I am NOT paid by them, nor do I receive any compensation from them WHATSOEVER! I just BELIEVE in the University of Missouri and their research team and Dr. Philips, in particular.
Again, it’s in Prevacid 101 (or maybe in the ‘products’ page- the ‘products page’ is linked to from Prevacid 101)
To be honest, I found that FAXING the doctor(s) worked best.
TELL dr you need _______ (example: new rx for zantac or how to write the PPI Rx, or what dose of PPI) don’t ask. TELL.
FAX FAX FAX the dr
don’t wait for a call…
start off with a THANK YOU
keep it short & sweet
stick to the FACTS (no emotions and ramblings)
state current meds, doses & symptoms
make request- flat out- short & sweet
provide pharmacist name & contact info
THANK AGAIN
follow up by calling office to tell them fax was sent
call again later to discuss requests made in fax, ie:
is RX called in yet?
THANK YOU
sample fax: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10633&PID=90325#90325
About faxing the doctor (& more): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2841&TPN=1
Have symptoms down pat.
If baby cries, is it HOWLING? SHRIEKING? (that’s what my baby did).
When? After eating? (for my baby it happened any time, regardless of when he ate)
How are poops?
Are they mucousy? Mucous can look stringy, like the inside of a banana, or like jelly or cottage cheese.
Are they painful?
Does baby strain & grunt & push & then when it finally comes out it’s soft?
Is it hard little pebbles?
muscous in the diaper usually is a sign of a protein intolerance-is your son breastfed? formula? if formula, which one?
& here’s
reflux what I have learned: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2948&a mp;PN=2
this is a LOT to learn, but you can do it & we’re here to help!
hang in there!
laura
Well, as I said before, Laura is the med expert but even I know that Prevacid and Zantac do not work the same. For MANY babies that use Zantac and it doesn’t work, they will find relief when starting a med like Prevacid.
I like what you asked about the doctor not minding swapping the meds out. You are a smart creative mom.
yes you ARE a smart creative mom
! sounds like you’re going to need those skills as you muddle through this!PLEASE, if you do start a PPI PLEASE research and TELL what one you need and what FORM –ME, I’d get capsules and buy the products and if necessary I’d increase the dose if dr won’t rx high enough.can I tell you to do this? NO. I’m not a medical professional ,etc.But I DO know my STUFF!! I DID use ‘the products’PLEASE read PREVACID 101 and PLEASE continue with the zantac.as you’ll read in prevacid 101, we learned the HARD WAY that if you DON’T continue w/ the zantac then it’s as if your baby isn’t on any meds at all! because the PPIs take a good 2 weeks to shut off the pumps/’show’ that they’re working AND this is all IF it’s the proper DOSE and FORM of PPI…HOW DO I KNOW? I’ve been on this board NINE and ONE HALF YEARS!!!I learned from my own baby but also from the MANY people who have come & gone before you…I know from personally interacting/communicating w/ Dr. Philips. Etc.Sorry, but I get passionate about this stuff!
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