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Ranitidine?
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Hi girlies! Has anyones lo been perscribed Ranitidine for their lo's, for reflux if so how did you get on with it? xxx
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Have you got the ranitidine? Or just researching?!
My lo has been prescribed Ranitidine as he has suspected reflux as he was vomiting blood too which they think is caused by the constant sicking. The only thing is I am doubting it is that as the Ranitidine doesn't seem to be making any difference at all (apart from no blood now)!
We are actually back at the hospital tomorrow morning for a follow up so I'm hoping they will look into it further or maybe try him on something else.
The only good thing with it is Kade loves taking it as it must taste nice and sweet but effect wise, it's not been any good.....for us anyway.
My hv told me that gaviscon is good but because my lo is bf, this is why we got Ranitidine.
We went back for our appointment but they haven't prescribed us anything else as he is not losing any weight at all so they see no reason for concern, which is fair enough I guess.
He's still quite sicky but I'm getting used to it now.
Hope your lo starts to improve soon. Hopefully he will grow out of it?
I gave ranitidine for my six month old girl today for the first time and the effect was immediate. Magic! she breastfed more often and for longer with no crying and no back arching.. I hope it continues to do wonders.
Hi, I had my LO on ranitidine for a while. It's debatable how much it actually helped. The crying reduced, but it's the same now we've taken her off it... it won't reduce the amount they're sick, it reduces the acid content in the stomach, so it's less painfull brining up possets etc.. I've also heard that domperidone only works with ranitidine, not by itself. HV reccommended Stay Down feeds, as they're thicker and less likely to come back up. We haven't tried that yet. Another mum reccommended Cow & Gate Carobel, which is a feed thickener, but I asked HV and she said they don't really use it anymore, which confused me as first time I asked about it she said we should try it! You could also try rolling a towel up and putting it under the top of the cot/moses matress, so he's a little more upright? And hold him upright after feeds. Another thing I heard, which was one of the reasons I took DD off ranitidine, is that it can cause problems in the digestive tract when they're older. Hope you find something that helps, reflux is horrible x x x