Reflux

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

Prevacid is what we tried.

I will have to start him on it again.

Thanks!

Donna

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

My son has reflux and we tried both of the meds that

you mentioned. We took him off of the reglan because

it did not work for Owen and there are some

neurological side effects. You may want to speak with

your neurologist before going on that med. My

understanding is that Zantac will not help with the

reflux but it will cut the acids down so that if there

is reflux it does not cause pain or damage. The

problem that we had with Zantac was that it was

decreasing the acid in his stomache so much that when

we would hook up his g-tube for the next feed food was

coming back up the tube. Apparently the acid was

slowing the digestion and his stomache was not

emptying.

As of now we are on no meds. I hope that you guys

have better luck with the medications.

Best,

-Glenn

--- Sharon wrote:

> developed severe Reflux problems at about 5

> years old. He always fought eating most likely due

> to low tone in throat. He was and still is very

> gassy. With a G-Tube we can vent(burp) him prior to

> feeding. 's sneezing and coughing during

> feeds was his way of trying to 'clear' his airway.

> We were lucky that his Reflux didn't cause more

> cases of pnemonia. But with the risk of pnemonia

> and having throat cancer run in our family (along

> with seeing the spaghetti noodle drop into his lungs

> during the Swallow Study) we went with the G-Tube

> surgery at 6 years old. Have you tried Reglan or

> Zantac for reflux?

> Sharon T.

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[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Anyone have some tried and true herbal or home remedies for reflux? I

really don't want to add another medication.

Thanks,

Traci

Alec, two next week, and hitting a rough patch at the moment