Re: Question about Prilosec in a liquid preparation?

[Guest guest]

You need to find a pharmacy that will reconstitute the prilosec into

a liquid for you. There is one in Manhattan that delivers (I use

them).

Please call me at work and I will give you their phone/fax number.

My office number is .

Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 4 year old twins

[Guest guest]

Check with your local CVS about preparing the liquid medication. I

was at our CVS two days ago and a woman came in requesting a

compound to be made for her. The pharmacist said he could do it.

Jodi Z.

[Guest guest]

is also on the compounded prilosec. We get it through a

Kroger pharmacy. It is just a regular grocery store with a pharmacy

in it. Maybe one of your grocery store pharmacies will compound it

for you. I don't know really about the effectiveness of it because

still refluxes, but it is supposed to stop the reflux from

being acidic and hurting the esophagus, so I will continue to use it

for that purpose. He has only been on it since November and he gets

it twice a day, per Dr. H advice!

~Jodi R.

> Hi all,

>

> Henry (3ys, 29lbs, 36in) had a Nissen, G-Tube and Pyloro 16 months

ago and I

> immediately noticed the positive impact the surgery had on his

reflux. Well,

> now he is back with the same reflux issues prior to surgery and Dr.

H has put

> him on Prilosec in the AM and Zantac in the PM. He will not take a

pill and

> the oral suspension of Prevacid just seemed a bit risky with the

grandules

> going through the G-Tube, so she is recommending a liquid

preparation of

> Prilosec.

>

> Does anyone have experience with the liquid prep? Is it as

effective as

> opening up a capsule and putting the contents in apple juice? I

know with Prevacid

> and Prilosec it is all about the little grandules - not crushing

them so they

> work over a period of time. The drawback to the liquid prep is you

lose that

> over time concept because the grandules are put into solution.

>

> The other issue with the liquid prep is needing to go to a

compounding

> pharmacy which naturally is not the CVS we go to for all his other

meds. This issue

> is a total personal guilt Mom thing because the reality of getting

to this

> special pharmacy is just another addition to the list - the one we

all have that

> never gets smaller!

>

> Any suggestions?

>

> Grazie,

> -Mount Vernon NY, (Henry 3 almost 4 RSS, 8

nonRSS)

>

> PS. Do you really need 4oz of water for a full dose of Miralax? I

hate using

> up space in his stomach with something that is not going to add

calories.

> His gastric emptying is ridiculously slow and 4oz just seems like a

bit much.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Kim - I'll look into Vitality.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jodi,

I did try my local CVS,Eckert and Duane - all do not compound. I'll keep

looking.