When they chuck it there is nothing you can do apart from wait for next time.
What i do is dissolve on a spoon with 5mls of water and then stir with a a syringe and then draw up cloudy liquid in syringe and avoid the slushy mess of coating etc.
tomorrow is 7 days but noticded imrovement at about 4 days.
he is having half a tab 2 times a day.
DO NOT CRUSH the little white balls need to remain coated till they hit the gut to work properly. Pharmacy i got from said to crush but my dad and dh best mate are pharmacist and said dont (i checked because i remember dissolving for oldies when working as a nurse.)
Thanks feeb, what do you mean by little white balls?? i just crushed half a tablet and i didn't see any white balls! sorry if thats dumb but i am so sleep deprived!
Also he's been sick twice since i gave it to him, do you think that dose was wasted or would it have some effect??
They are sooooo tiny not like big that u can easily see until dissolving.
Just cut in half and place on spoon and then with a syringe drop water staright onto it and it will "rupture" you can see some of the little balls but not that easy as the coatings from outside of full tablet also dissolve.
Look hard to know how much if any he would have had to take effect as Jacob does the same.
The giving it half an hr before a feed DOES not work as who can calm a starving child for that long. I tend to give it to him then change him (have his head elevated on cloth nappy or blanket while changing and screaming and then feed, if do it slow and cahneg clothes etc at same time and then get yourself a drink can kill about 10 mins thats enought for me and i then feed him as i feel soooooooooooo bad. MCHN and my dad and other pharmaist friend said thats as good as u can do.
Thanks mummab for starting a thread about losec. my son has only just started taking it has of yesterday. can losec made babies have problems doing poos? i am not sure if it is the losec or the needles he had yesterday (2 month old). does a losec tablet really dissolve in water. i was crushing them up and putting it in his milk.
Losec should be taken half an hour prior to a feed so it has time to kick in. I found the best way to do it is to put the 1/2 tablet into the syringe & then suck the water up into it, that way you make sure you get the entire dose in the syringe. And yep definitely don't crush the balls, they need to be intact to work properly. I wouldn't make it up too long prior to giving it to him as the balls will turn brown & I'm not so sure that that's a good thing! Might be ok, but I wouldn't do it personally.
I dont recall seeing any balls either. I think they are to small for naked eye perhaps.
T, as long as you are getting the tablet into the syringe, dissolving it, and A is getting it down, then you are doing the right thing. If he is still throwing up after he has had it, then, it may take a little more time i guess.
definately NO crushing peoples is says on the info sheet with the tablets also not to make up in advance...If you are crushing then you would not see the balls cause they are crushed...yhe syringe idea works the best but if you wanna check out the balls put the tab on a spoon and add a little water
My bub has been on losec suspension since five weeks, she is now going on 14weeks. Maybe give this a try after you have used up the others. Pead told me 7-10days to work. We have had to play around a bit with the dosages to find what suits, Ava is now on 1.5mls morning and 1ml at night.. seems to be working well. Suspension can only be made at specific compounding pharmacies and the suspension lasts 4weeks, costs me $55. The pead told me his patients parents have told him that usually in week 3 of using the supsension it isn't as effective.. it must start to loose it's effectiveness. Not sure whether this is worth a try!!
How long for Losec to work?
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