Zantac

[Tizi]

My DS is on zantac but every time I give t to him he gags and spits most of it out. I've tasted it and it is very bitter so I can understand his gagging.

Does anyone else who uses it have this problem with their bub and how do you get around it?

[Caitlin's Mum]

Hi Tizi, my DS is the same. If I can give it to him when he's in a good mood and lay him right back and put a little bit in at a time while talking to him so he forgets what I'm doing, I can usually get it all in. Sometimes he does spit it back at me though. Good luck.

[Rell]

My DD tok Zantac no problems but my DS was the same as yours. I just keep giving it to him and eventualy he got use to taking it.

Good luck

[Crazy Monkey]

My DS is also on ZANTAC and he doesn't have a problem taking it...
He has been on it since about 5-6 weeks old and is now 6 months...
I use the sringe that came with the panadol..

I think he is so use to it now and knows that once he has it, he knows he is going to get a feed..

Good Luck

[annsam]

Tizi, how is he fed? If hes bottle fed, do 10ml of zantac in a bottle then give him the remainder of his feed after hes finished that 10ml. If hes breastfed Im sorry, I have no idea. :)

[Tizi]

He is bottlefed but the doctor told me I have to give it to him half an hour before he has a bottle.

Also he has told me to give it to him three times a day, but I read on the insert that it can be taken once or twice a day. Does anybody else give it three times a day?

[Crazy Monkey]

I give my DS 3 times a day...
I also give it to him just before I BF him, sometimes I forget before a feed, so I take him off, give him Zantac and then pop him back on...

[annsam]

My GP told me to give it with bottle because its to reduce wind hence the putting it in the bottle. Up to you but you might want to give it a go and see if it still has the desired result without the issues. Just a thought.
We did it twice a day from memory.........

Edited to add that all the other anti-wind meds such as infacol and gripe water etc are given at the time of feeding if thats any help for you.

[Caitlin's Mum]

Zantac isn't really for wind, it's for reflux. I was told to give it about 15 minutes before a feed. I too use the syringe from the panadol. I give it 3 times a day as well.

[Tizi]

Thanks Caitlins mum. That's pretty much what my paediatrician told me to do, but he gets very distressed when I give it to him. I hate giving it to him.