Caro, I have seen Dr Karp on Oprah it was very interesting, though it wouldn't relate to reflux.

I personally don't think reflux is overdiagnosed, it happens in 50-75% of children and I can tell you that in every 4 babies you don't know 3 diagnosed with it. The thing that has to be determined and doctors need to be more aware of is preventative things to stop reflux and not necessarily medication. Medication is not always necessary.

If reflux was overdiagnosed then the meds wouldn't work at all, it will only fix reflux.

Parker is a rare case, he is almost three and still needing medication, and if he isn't on it when it is flaring it becomes life threatening, he will aspirate, get pneumonias, stop eating. not to mention ear infections, apnea the list could go on...reflux can also be severe, Parker is classified as GORD now.

And every baby with reflux is different, some find all they need to do is prop, others take dairy out of their diet, or use hypoallergenic formulas, some use alternative therapies, the list is enourmous, it is wading through all this and finding what works best.

With your son, if he starts getting worse now he isn't on losec, it could be that it was working, the meds in the pharmacist bottle are a short term antacid, this will not do anything to stop the overproduction of acid, and an antispasmodic, which is more for colic type pain than reflux...hopefully the magic meds keep working, but if not, know that although technically it takes a day for the bulk to be out of their system, it can be up to two weeks and sometimes longer for the pumps to switch back on (the reason that you have to be off meds so long for testing) the med so to speak is out of the system, but the action that they have done on the acid pumps can take time to get back on. So the losec may have been working, and weird, they do get used to taking it.