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Leah,

To the best of my understanding no medication can stop, or for that

matter even reduce, the incidence of reflux. This is why so many of

our kids have had the fundoplication surgery, this tightens the valve

and actually stops the " puke " from coming up the esophagus. This

brings up another question, why are all our kids on PPI meds after

they have the surgery to tighten the valve? I've never heard a good

answer to that one. All I know is if Grant doesn't get his meds for a

couple days his appetite goes to crap. I also take a PPI and can

attest to the fact that reflux continues to occur. It does state in

the literature it can take a couple weeks to become fully effective.

The " pumps " in a non-medicated stomach are continually being replaced,

the meds stop the production of new pumps but the old ones are still

there for a while, presumably a couple weeks.

, Dad to Grant and others.

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> Olivia's been on a PPI (Prilosec/Losec) since we've been home from

> the convention but she's still belching very loudly and saying " my

> puke just came up, but don't worry I swallowed it " . I guess I must

> be too concerned looking since she's trying to comfort me about

> it... I'll have to watch myself better.

> My question is... does the PPI stop reflux altogether or just make

> it non acidic by turning off the proton pump so that when reflux

> occurs it doesn't burn? Or does it take a while for the body to

> adjust to the new med? She's only been on the new " upped " dose for

> 5 days now (4ml twice daily, 2mg/ml)

>

> Thanks!

> Leah, mom to 9yrs and Olivia 4.75 yrs, 18lbs, 33 " , RSS, OI,

> lots of meds

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Well, if Olivia is telling you this, she certainly knows!!!! Did

Dr. H talk to you about using both a PPI and the Zantac? That has

worked the best for , but you can not use them at the same

time. They recommend the PPI (for us we use Prevacid) with

breakfast, and Zantac with the Periactin at dinner. Only one or the

other didn't work as well for . Jenn

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> Olivia's been on a PPI (Prilosec/Losec) since we've been home

from

> the convention but she's still belching very loudly and saying " my

> puke just came up, but don't worry I swallowed it " . I guess I

must

> be too concerned looking since she's trying to comfort me about

> it... I'll have to watch myself better.

> My question is... does the PPI stop reflux altogether or just

make

> it non acidic by turning off the proton pump so that when reflux

> occurs it doesn't burn? Or does it take a while for the body to

> adjust to the new med? She's only been on the new " upped " dose

for

> 5 days now (4ml twice daily, 2mg/ml)

>

> Thanks!

> Leah, mom to 9yrs and Olivia 4.75 yrs, 18lbs, 33 " , RSS, OI,

> lots of meds

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