How soon should zantac work???

DS has been on zantac .75ml now for 4 days, he weighs 4.3kg. We haven't noticed any improvement, in fact today in particular has been shocking. Crying in feeding, and after, stretching out legs, arching back, and just will not settle. He drifts off being held but as soon as he's moved he cries, wakes up. He hasn't had a sleep more than a few minutes for over 15 hours now.... the dr told me to go back in 4 weeks to re-assess the zantac!! i can't think why else he isn't sleeping apart from the reflux and being over tired cycle. I don't know if i should ring the dr again tomorrow or what else to try? he's been in and out of the carrier too which also isn't helping, plus i've tried, brauer colic, infants friend etc.

what should i do?

Hay hun I sympathise with u Jacob hardly sleeps and chucks heaps and get hystreical when i took him to gp he was put on Losec its a pain in butt as need to cut tablet in half and then dissolve in water (do not crush as little bits are enteric coated and need to stay like that) and then spoon it into mouth nad so much comes out and little bits and he gags and coughts on it but she said it works better than zantac and shoudl see improvement in 1 week. He started on fri and allreday not chucking as much and not as many hysterics.

Good luck

hi do u need to get perscriptions for zantax and losec because i my 3month old DS has really bad reflux have him on anti-reflux and it helps a little bit but he stills chucks up a bit and its horrible and would like to get something to help if can...

We were told that Zantac could take a week or 2 to be really effective and manage the reflux. It is not a quick response thing but worth continuing as it made things a lot better for us. Hang in there.

Hi mummab
my bub has been on zactac for 2 mths and we saw a little improvment in that time but we seen a ped specialist yesterday who said zactac can give some bubs bad colic pains and its not generally given any more. maybe you should ask to see a specialist (we paid to see a private one so we could see them alot sooner). She uses losec instead.
Also if bub is really upset we were told to give 2ml of mylanta
got to go 4 year old needs some love
hope this helps

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hi do u need to get perscriptions for zantax and losec because i my 3month old DS has really bad reflux have him on anti-reflux and it helps a little bit but he stills chucks up a bit and its horrible and would like to get something to help if can...

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You do need to get a script for losec, i am not sure about the zantac, but, i would imagine that you would also need a script for it. Take your DS to the gp, and discuss his situation. Hopefully, she can give you something to help.


MummaB - personally, i would go back to the gp, and request a script for Losec. It has been almost a week from memory now since your DS has been on Zantac, you would be expecting some improvement by now. Not only do you have to do it for your son, but, you gotta do it for you to.

I was told the same as Kellmay. After seeing a GP who prescribed zantac and seeing no difference, after a couple of months I got a referral to a paed who said zantac is generally not used anymore, and zoton is prescribed instead (I am not sure if that is the same as losec??). Anyway, since being on the zoton, the improvement is amazing! I would definitely try to get a different script or get to a paed. We waited ages before giving up and going back to the dr again, and I wish I had done it sooner, the paed was fantastic!

Good luck!

what short of time frame??? did it improve feeding????

I would say if you want to give it a good go then 1-2 weeks would be the way to go.
When DD was on Zantac I hadn't seen any improvement for about 4 days either and asked my paed if we could swap to losec and he said no, the zantac needed more of a chance (like at least a week sort of thing).