Thats great that it seems to be working, we had some good results in the beginning on the zantac, just be aware like Amy said (mikenzeesmum) that it is weight sensitive so as your little one puts on weight the dose increases.
It can be tricky to give as it doesn't taste too nice, but they get used to it eventually, good luck!
You can definately give panadol, I also give neurofen on paed gastro. recommendations, because sometimes it is the only thing that can settle him, so if you use it generally then just try it and see, it can upset their tummy though.
Your daughter is very late in being given medication for reflux? I would give the zantac a couple of weeks to truly work, and if it doesn't do anything skip straight to a PPI, these are proton pump inhibitors and they work a lot differently than zantac, we use losec, and contrary to previous posts about it, it is a very safe medication, and if you are dealing with a child over one with reflux, you may be needing something with a little more kick to heal any damage to esophegous.
Losec has been around 17 years, not 5, and it does indeed come in a child form this is zegerid, which is not available in Australia, but is available in other parts of the world, we also don't get other forms of zoton that is used for children and this would be the solutab or the fasttab, this is a dissolveable pill that goes under the childs tongue.
You can though contact the inverntors of zegerid and they will post you stuff that will convert either losec or zoton into an at home suspension, this is called caracream. So yes research has gone into making a product that works for children needing PPI's.
Last edited by scarlet121; May 28th, 2007 at 05:24 PM.
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