Zantac Dose

[Guest guest]

We were just at Dr H last week. is now 11.79kg and is on 4.7

mg of Zantac at night only. In the morning, he gets 10 mg prilosec.

Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non rSS) 4 1/2 year old twins

[Guest guest]

hi Judith,

I met you in the hot tub at the convention and it looks like you may have

just answered the question I was about to ask about Zantac dosage...(thanks:)

Everyone,

when Willie was really (really) little I thought he had reflux. This was

years before our recent RSS diagnosis. (6 months ago by Dr Harbison. He is 3 and

a

half and weighs 10.4 kg). Anyhow, he had all the signs...slept in his bouncy

seat, tried to eat then cried like mad, etc. I asked for a test, they did an

endoscopy and upper GI. Showed nothing. Now, of course, I've learned that

reflux may show up (or not) at any given time. We told the feeding therapist who

spoke at the convention about his shirt-chewing. It , too , comes and goes.

Well, recently he's chewed through 4 shirts and has been back-tracking on food

intake( even w/ an increased Periactin dose as of the convention).Today he said

" I have a head ache in my throat " . Reflux, right? My ped will say no but I

need to go in armed w/ the info and the dosage spelled out for him. He won't

like it but he'll write the prescription, I think. (He's quite a humbled man

since he's realized how totally wrong he was about Willie). So, I think I should

ask for Prilosec for the morning and Zantac in the evening or should I start w/

twice-a-day Zantac? IS it prescribed by weight or severity of the condition?

Any and all info is appreciated greatly! Thank you in advance and always for

all the collective wisdom of this group...

Kathy (Jack, 5, non -RSS and Willie, 3 1/2 , RSS, Periactin)

[Guest guest]

HI Kathy (or anyone else who can answer this!)

I just read your message regarding something the therapist said at

the convention regarding chirt chewing...

We weren;t at the convention and I'm wondering what she said!!

Finlay used to chew his sleeve all the time - we never understood

why! Can you shed any light on this ????

Thanks

> hi Judith,

>

> I met you in the hot tub at the convention and it looks like you

may have

> just answered the question I was about to ask about Zantac dosage...

(thanks:)

>

> Everyone,

>

>

> when Willie was really (really) little I thought he had reflux.

This was

> years before our recent RSS diagnosis. (6 months ago by Dr

Harbison. He is 3 and a

> half and weighs 10.4 kg). Anyhow, he had all the signs...slept in

his bouncy

> seat, tried to eat then cried like mad, etc. I asked for a test,

they did an

> endoscopy and upper GI. Showed nothing. Now, of course, I've

learned that

> reflux may show up (or not) at any given time. We told the feeding

therapist who

> spoke at the convention about his shirt-chewing. It , too , comes

and goes.

> Well, recently he's chewed through 4 shirts and has been back-

tracking on food

> intake( even w/ an increased Periactin dose as of the

convention).Today he said

> " I have a head ache in my throat " . Reflux, right? My ped will say

no but I

> need to go in armed w/ the info and the dosage spelled out for

him. He won't

> like it but he'll write the prescription, I think. (He's quite a

humbled man

> since he's realized how totally wrong he was about Willie). So, I

think I should

> ask for Prilosec for the morning and Zantac in the evening or

should I start w/

> twice-a-day Zantac? IS it prescribed by weight or severity of the

condition?

> Any and all info is appreciated greatly! Thank you in advance and

always for

> all the collective wisdom of this group...

>

> Kathy (Jack, 5, non -RSS and Willie, 3 1/2 , RSS, Periactin)

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