Re: Re: update day#65-reflux meds?

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Hi ,

The manuka honey from Whole Foods might not be certified. If it is not

certified then it might not help. Call or write the company to find

out and then email me with the results.

The yogurt is not that hard to do once you get used to it. Get a

thermometer with an alarm. Then you will not have to watch the milk

constantly. Ask Grammy Bauer for a SCD pal to help you do the yogurt

for the first time.

grammy_bauer@...

I think that you should try to avoid the meds if the situation is improving.

Mimi

> Thank you Mimi, Crystal and Meleah for your responses.

> I guess my husband and I have to decide soon on

> giving the Prevacid for 3 weeks to find out if

> the rasping and hacking are reflux related. We will

> hold off on the Periactin and Duocal indefinitely.

> initially lost weight on scd but has gained it

> back and is holding his own. I figure 's slow but

> steady increase in appetite on scd is best for him.

> If we increase the appetite artificially, couldn't

> that overload his gut and cause damage? The Periactin

> is an antihistamine which has a side effect of

> increasing appetite so that's why the doctor thought

> it might help.

> I've been concerned about what all that Zantac did to

> 's gut when he was an infant. And last night

> onCNN they did a report on how people who take

> antacids - 1 pill/day for 1 year (the proton pump

> inhibitor kind) like Zantac, Prevacid, etc. had a

> major risk of hip fracture. If you could see s'

> limbs--so very thin and frail. The report mentioned

> the possibility that the mechanism which stops acids

> from forming in the intestines also inhibits calcium

> from getting into the bones. If we do the Prevacid,

> how long term might the damage to his flora be? What

> can we do to minimize damage?

> Crystal-does your child suffer from reflux still?

> What have you tried? We have been giving smaller,

> more frequent meals and have tried giving fluids in

> between solid feeds. We have his bed up at an angle.

> Non of this has seemed to be of significant help,

> although he now asks us to keep his bed tilted up.

> What has worked for you? Would you email me

> privately?

>

> Meleah-we have kept ph at stage 2. The other two

> children are barely stage 3 (just some cooked,

> strained, pureed berries in their popsicles and the

> pecan butter i have used for baking I'm starting to

> make a little less creamy). I wonder if the

> probiotics are not agreeing with him (Kirkman's

> acidoph). I broke open a capsule yesterday and tasted

> it and it was very fine, yet hard grains. This comes

> out in phs stool almost all the time. Maybe I

> should decrease the amount for him?

>

> Mimi-I'm considering trying goat yogurt but I'm just

> getting a handle on keeping them fed! The yogurt seems

> pretty complicated and I have so little time to

> interact with the children anymore since I spend so

> much time in the kitchen.

> We can get certified manuka honey at Whole Foods--(it

> is active 12+) so not as potent as the one Crystal

> tried. Can the pylori be the cause of the reflux?

> The protocol for getting rid of pylori would include

> antacids so if we get him tested soon and he needs

> that then I guess we wouldn't do the Prevacid. Ugh.

>

> Thanks to each of you-

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