Since so many children suffer from reflux these days doctors really should know a lot more about it. My son had reflux and was given zantac and never offerred anything more for a very long time, again they told me to stop the medicine and that it was behavioural, but Parker wasn't my first child and I knew something was up.

Unfortunately a lot of the knowledge that I have on reflux now, is because I have had to research it and not from any doctor helping.

Caro has given some really good advice about the compound. Quite a few pharmacies make it, you are just going to have to do the ring around, also some will make it with the same script as the losec tablets and some wont. Try the childrens hospitals, or hospitals where paeditricians work out of privately, this is your best bet for fresh compound.

I will tell you that if you have stopped the zantac and started the losec, things are going to get a lot worse before they get better, I would keep up the zantac for at least two weeks while giving the losec a chance to work, the zantac will get out of the system in a couple of days and the losec may take two weeks to work, so somewhere in between the baby is unmedicated, this is when it gets worse, and also a prime example of how a doctor should know about this.

Both these medications do different things and can be given on the same day (but spaced at least an hour appart, so it doesn't interfere with the other)

Give the losec at least 2 weeks to see a difference, it is hard but you have to wait it out, generally by 2 weeks, you have an idea if it is going to work, though sometimes it will take longer, also a lot of doctors will tell you it will work straight away but it won't so you give up before it has a chance to work.

I would also ask your GP for a referral to a paed who specialises in reflux and if it gets a lot worse, get a referral to gastroenterologist, they are very good at working things out too.

Good luck, if you need anything, please post, I don't mind answering anything.