Upping the dose?

[Anonymous]

Is it time? I am not sure how much exactly Kaden weighs now, but since June 3/08, he has been on 1.3 m of ranitidine, 3 times a day. He weighed 11lbs, 5oz at that time. The pharmacist had said that this was the higher end of the range for the amount of ranitidine based on his weight.

He is getting fussier again, and refluxing more. Am I to assume that even a bit of a weight gain is enough to make the current dose less effective?
I will call the ped Monday to see if we can get in this week………………..

THanks for your help!

[hellbennt]

11lbs 8oz is 11 & 1/2 lbs, so I’ll calculate for that;

so that’s 5.2 kilos

maximum is 10mgs per kilo, so

5.2 x 10 = 52mgs total for the day

liquid is 15mgs/ml (check bottle)

so

52/15= 3.5mls total for the day

you were told 1.3 x 3 = 3.9

yes, that was the highest for then…

if he’s gained a kilo (2.2 lbs) since then it can be increased (or even half a kilo I’d guess? 1.1lbs)

[Anonymous]

Thanks for doing that. I guess I will make an appt for later this week, when Grandma and Grandpa are home from their trip, so I can take Connor over there. It is so much easier to only take Kaden for these appts, being just over 2, Connor doesn’t understand that I actually need to pay attention and talk to the Dr.

I guess it is time to try a PPI, I know of someone who’s little guy started Nexium and although she said it was a pain in the butt to give at the proper time, she said it worked. Then, her little guy saw a GI and although he didn’t present with the typical PS symptoms, that is what he had. He had surgery on Sat………………can’t wait to hear how he is!

Anyhow, thanks for your post!

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