My son has just been diagnosed with acid reflux and has been put on prevacid. Has anyone else’s baby been on this medication? How long did it take to work? Were there any side effects?
my son is 9 months old and was diagnosed by a pediatric GI specialist

Pepcid doesn’t work.

I started suffering from the symptoms of acid reflux the week after Thanksgiving. On December 21, I went to a doctor and he gave me Prevacid. I’ve been taking that since then. I started feeling much better about a week after I started taking the medication, but my symptoms are not all the way gone. Sometimes I still feel like I have a lump at the back of my throat and I have to burp a lot. Occasionally I’m slightly nauseous. How long does it typically take to recover from acid reflux, or do you recover at all? And when I run out of medication, should I be fine by then or will I need more? I have enough for about a month and a half. I do plan on going back for a check up at the end of this month as well, as my doctor asked me to.

My son has just been put on Ranitidine(zantac) for acid feflux.He does not spit up and is on nutramegin formula.I just gave him his dose mixed with some formula and he screamed once he swallowed it.After he calmed down i gave him some bottle and he was fine so i gave him the remaining medication and he screamed again!! I have put a call into my pediatrtian and she is calling me back,i just thought i would check here to see if anyone has had the same thing happen.
He is 5 months old and does not eat much,he does gain weight but very little.

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Its late here (3:15 am) and ive been drinking popov and eating pizza all night…Do to my current situation im not fit to drive to town to pick up any medication for this unconfortable burning sensation…so is there any “around” the house food or beverages to help this out?

I currently take a preventative medication twice a day to help, but when I do mess up with my eating…. I get horrible acid reflux and it excruciatingly painful. I have tried tums and Mylanta, but they don’t do much for relief. I am looking for something that works during the attack and is immediate, or pretty darn quick. Thank you to all that respond!

I have had acid reflux now for the past couple of years and I have a few questions about it.

1. What causes acid reflux?
2. What can be done to prevent it? (other than medication, eating less acidic food, eating earlier in the evening)
3. What, if any, are long term side effects of acid reflux if left untreated?

I seem to get acid reflux problems the most after drinking water, could the water itself be causing it? maybe something in the water?
I dont think my acid reflux is really bad enough to take daily medication for.. as i only really get bothered by it once in awhile.. (like once or twice a month)

My doctor recently put me on medication for acid reflux because my throat has been so soar. But I only had heartburn once in the past month and it was like the second time I ever had it in my life.