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7 Responses to “What kind of Medicines do they give babies for Acid Reflux?”
Reglan is a common medication for reflux. It comes as a liquid. You put it in a small amount of breastmilk or formula and it’s best to give it about 30 minutes before a feeding if possible. Otherwise, put it in a small amount of breastmilk or formula and give that first. After your baby finishes the “medicated” milk, then feed as you normally would.
My son had Reglan and Zantac while he was still in the NICU. I also heard they have a new med out that is supposed to work differently then those two so if they aren’t working it will, but I don’t remember the name of it. His was put into a syringe looking thing (obviously without the needle) and just dropped slowly into his mouth while he swallowed it. When you pick the meds up at the pharmacy they will supply you with the syringes to adminster it. Some moms also measure it out, stick a bottle ****** in the baby’s mouth, add a little milk, and drop in the medicine, holding the ****** until the baby ***** it all out. This usually works if the baby doesn’t like to take the meds because they taste bad, since they’re diluted. We never had that problem, my son would **** them out of the syringe. His were grape flavored, lol. Good luck and congrats on the new baby!
P.S. My son outgrew this quickly (they didn’t give him more as he gained weight, and as he outgrew the dose he outgrew the reflux, until we simply discountinued it), your baby probably will too.
My son was on Zantac for acid reflux. I was instructed to give it to him full-strength from a syringe. That didn’t work so well, so I did it just the way Beckers said.
Depending on how much pain it’s causing him, the doctor may not prescribe anything. There are also other things you can do to help alleviate the reflux:
-keep him upright for at least 30 minutes after eating
-feed him half as much, twice as often
-burp after every ounce or two he drinks (that’s the advice, but personally, it made matters worse for my son)
-incline the head of his sleeping surface 30 degrees
-over the counter gas relief drops, like Mylicon
I hope he feels better soon.
edit–I just read you additional info. How’s his weight gain? What did the doctors say they were going to do? Any more tests or anything? Did they say whether they were going to give him some medicine?
It’s my understanding (and my experience with it) that the acid reducers like Zantac don’t really keep them from spitting up, or reduce the volume of spit-up. I think they just neutralize some of the stomach acid so that when they do spit up, it doesn’t burn the esophogas so bad. I’m not a medical person, so I couldn’t tell you all about how the medications work, but that’s how it seemed to me.
Does spitting up seem to hurt or bother him? I’m not sure if you’ve already tried them, but there are formulas out there that are specifically made for reflux. Sometimes it’s recommended to add some infant cereal to the bottle to help weigh the milk down and keep it down. Of course, discuss it with your doctor before switching formulas or adding any cereal.
Generally they give the exact same meds that they give adults…They’re called acid reducers and they cause the stomach to make less acid. The only difference is the pharmacist will crush up the pills and mix them into a suspension. Fair warning make sure they add some children friendly flavoring to it! They gave my son meds for that and the pharmacist refused to add any flavor to it….Talk about nasty tasting! I tasted it trying to figure out why my son was screaming bloody murder and spitting it all back out. It tasted just as if I had decided to chew up the pill instead of swallowing it!
Also one other thing to try if your family has a history of milk sensitivity. It may not be a lactose issue. With my son it ended up not being acid reflux at all. It was a milk casien allergy. it’s the protein in dairly products not the sugars. As a result even soy formula was coming up. You may ask your pediatrician if you should try neutramagen or allimentum. These two formulas are basicly the same thing just different brands with the protein broken down a different way so baby doesn’t react. I know that the neutramagen has a coupon you can print up and bring to your pediatrician to get a free can to see if it works. It cured my son of all the puking and screaming within 2 days without any need for medications.
hi well my baby had reflux and the doctor put her on losec tablets that I had to crush in a little water and syringe it down her throat not the best way but it worked great. I also had her on a thicker formula s26 AR.
My son had it and we tried two different medicines. First we used Zantac which was given as a liquid in a syring twice a day. After awhile I asked her about something different because the Zantac seemed to have quit working so she put him on Prevacid which was tablets that had to be dissolved and then drawn up into the syringe or mixed in with his jar food. His ped. said to not put it in his bottles. That was annoying though so we went back to Zantac and it really works just fine. I know it’s aggravating cleaning up constant spit up and tehn you feel so bad for your baby because you know how bad it must hurt, but they will grow out of it soon enough, so just hang in there.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Luz Schofield
Smaller feeds at regular intervals will help.
Babies can have Gaviscon, But I’m not quite sure what age. Probably not that young.
If they are on formula there are anti-reflux combinations available.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Robert Garay
Reglan is a common medication for reflux. It comes as a liquid. You put it in a small amount of breastmilk or formula and it’s best to give it about 30 minutes before a feeding if possible. Otherwise, put it in a small amount of breastmilk or formula and give that first. After your baby finishes the “medicated” milk, then feed as you normally would.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Kayla Vann
My son had Reglan and Zantac while he was still in the NICU. I also heard they have a new med out that is supposed to work differently then those two so if they aren’t working it will, but I don’t remember the name of it. His was put into a syringe looking thing (obviously without the needle) and just dropped slowly into his mouth while he swallowed it. When you pick the meds up at the pharmacy they will supply you with the syringes to adminster it. Some moms also measure it out, stick a bottle ****** in the baby’s mouth, add a little milk, and drop in the medicine, holding the ****** until the baby ***** it all out. This usually works if the baby doesn’t like to take the meds because they taste bad, since they’re diluted. We never had that problem, my son would **** them out of the syringe. His were grape flavored, lol. Good luck and congrats on the new baby!
P.S. My son outgrew this quickly (they didn’t give him more as he gained weight, and as he outgrew the dose he outgrew the reflux, until we simply discountinued it), your baby probably will too.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Kristin Balch
My son was on Zantac for acid reflux. I was instructed to give it to him full-strength from a syringe. That didn’t work so well, so I did it just the way Beckers said.
Depending on how much pain it’s causing him, the doctor may not prescribe anything. There are also other things you can do to help alleviate the reflux:
-keep him upright for at least 30 minutes after eating
-feed him half as much, twice as often
-burp after every ounce or two he drinks (that’s the advice, but personally, it made matters worse for my son)
-incline the head of his sleeping surface 30 degrees
-over the counter gas relief drops, like Mylicon
I hope he feels better soon.
edit–I just read you additional info. How’s his weight gain? What did the doctors say they were going to do? Any more tests or anything? Did they say whether they were going to give him some medicine?
It’s my understanding (and my experience with it) that the acid reducers like Zantac don’t really keep them from spitting up, or reduce the volume of spit-up. I think they just neutralize some of the stomach acid so that when they do spit up, it doesn’t burn the esophogas so bad. I’m not a medical person, so I couldn’t tell you all about how the medications work, but that’s how it seemed to me.
Does spitting up seem to hurt or bother him? I’m not sure if you’ve already tried them, but there are formulas out there that are specifically made for reflux. Sometimes it’s recommended to add some infant cereal to the bottle to help weigh the milk down and keep it down. Of course, discuss it with your doctor before switching formulas or adding any cereal.
I really hope the little guy feels better soon!
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 am
Joseph Peralta
Generally they give the exact same meds that they give adults…They’re called acid reducers and they cause the stomach to make less acid. The only difference is the pharmacist will crush up the pills and mix them into a suspension. Fair warning make sure they add some children friendly flavoring to it! They gave my son meds for that and the pharmacist refused to add any flavor to it….Talk about nasty tasting! I tasted it trying to figure out why my son was screaming bloody murder and spitting it all back out. It tasted just as if I had decided to chew up the pill instead of swallowing it!
Also one other thing to try if your family has a history of milk sensitivity. It may not be a lactose issue. With my son it ended up not being acid reflux at all. It was a milk casien allergy. it’s the protein in dairly products not the sugars. As a result even soy formula was coming up. You may ask your pediatrician if you should try neutramagen or allimentum. These two formulas are basicly the same thing just different brands with the protein broken down a different way so baby doesn’t react. I know that the neutramagen has a coupon you can print up and bring to your pediatrician to get a free can to see if it works. It cured my son of all the puking and screaming within 2 days without any need for medications.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Inez Pederson
hi well my baby had reflux and the doctor put her on losec tablets that I had to crush in a little water and syringe it down her throat not the best way but it worked great. I also had her on a thicker formula s26 AR.
March 5th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Bryan Grimaldo
My son had it and we tried two different medicines. First we used Zantac which was given as a liquid in a syring twice a day. After awhile I asked her about something different because the Zantac seemed to have quit working so she put him on Prevacid which was tablets that had to be dissolved and then drawn up into the syringe or mixed in with his jar food. His ped. said to not put it in his bottles. That was annoying though so we went back to Zantac and it really works just fine. I know it’s aggravating cleaning up constant spit up and tehn you feel so bad for your baby because you know how bad it must hurt, but they will grow out of it soon enough, so just hang in there.