Zantec anyone?

Does anyone have their kids on Zantec? If so, how is it working? My little guys started it today.

 

Does anyone have their kids on Zantec? If so, how is it working? My little guys started it today.

 

It didn't work for us and I have heard it hasn't worked as well as the other meds. Also, if he has problems taking it, the pharmacist can make it with another base instead of alcohol (it made my daughter puke). Good luck! Hope it works for you. Cereal in my daughter's milk worked the best.

 

It didn't work for us either...but that doesn't mean it can't work for you! Good luck!

 

It worked just fine for all 5 of my babies, and two friends' babies, and my neice. I think it depends on the child.

 

Didn't work for us. We're now on Prevacid.

 

It worked great for my oldest DD, but not my twins. They are on prevacid.

 

Both of mine are on it and seems to help them quite a bit. It doesn't take all of their symptoms away, but it sure helps.

 

it seemed to work for Ashley at first but seems to have stopped working now (she's been on since 23rd Jan). I'm trying to contact our pediatrician to change the Zantac... wish me luck!

 

it worked for us in terms of taking the pain and discomfort of the reflux away but it didn't stop the spitting up. Cereal in the formula finally stopped that.

 

oh no there is no prevacid available in Hong Kong....

 

My girls have been on it since 2 months and it's been working for us. We did have to adjust Lauren at about 3.5 months because with her weight gain it wasn't working so well anymore. She has been fine since the adjustment. With Emma it doesn't stop the reflux 100% but does make a huge difference. Good luck!

 

Our DD was on Zantac for about 5 months and DS for about 2 months. Mine did not have really bad symptoms; however, it seemed to help. Good luck.

 

One of ours is on Zantac, and it works great! The only thing you have to watch is weight gain. Babies gain so rapidly the first few months that every so many weeks, the Zantac appears to not work. It just means the baby needs a larger dose to fit her weight. We'd just take her in, get a weight check, and up the dose. Twice they even let us weigh her at at home and they figured out the new dosage for us over the phone (this was on the weekend). HTH!

 

WE've been on Zantac since the boys were 2 months old. My best advice for anyone trying ANY type of reflux medication is to not give up on it too soon. It took nearly 10 days for us to notice a difference when we first went on it.

3 months later the boys turned into projectile vomiting poltergeists again. We assumed it wasn't working...wrong. They had doubled their weight and needed a dosage adjustment.

This time it took nearly 2 weeks to notice an improvement. 2 weeks with babies in pain due to reflux (and not eating much b/c of it) is like an eternity. But what a difference after it finally kicked in.

 

It made such a difference for my DS. And as per the pp, just keep an eye on weight, as I could tell within about 5 days when he had "outgrown" the current dose.

We have been able to wean him off now that he's so much solid food, so the good news is that they aren't on it forever.

Good luck!

 

Didn't work for us. DDs just started on Prevacid and Maalox.

 

Didn't work for us. As well as Prevacid

 

It works for us because my guys puke less than they would without it, but they still get sick Someday I hope that the brown/ off white stains will end!

 

Zantac is working ok with my little guy. I have noticed a difference after several weeks.

As someone said, Zantac doesn't work with some babies. ONe of my good friend's baby has reflux as well. Zantac didn't work and she's also on Prevacid and cereal in a bottle.