Has anyone with confirmed DGE had reglan not work for them? Emily has technically never had the test for DGE, but I am wondering if that is not the majority of her problem. She can puke milk after 5 hours, doesn't eat much and can go 7 hours durring the day without a bottle. She was on reglan early on. She was on a high dose for her weight at one point and had a pyloric u/s. It had been 4 1/2 hours since she had eaten and the tech. had a really hard time getting the u/s because it still had stuff moving through it. After we saw the GI the first time, he really felt that the majority of her problems were the milk and soy allergies, so they took her off reglan and upped her zantac. Of course this didn't work out. So now we are back on reglan. But we are still getting milk containing spit up and puke hours after a bottle. Today, she didn't take a bottle from 1pm until 8 pm. I tried to offer at 5, but she screamed and arched at the sight of it. She then promptly spit up on me and it was still milky. I am sure thickening isn't helping, but she chokes if we don't thicken. Plus this was happening before thickening. What other meds has anyone tried with success? Should we get the emptying study to see how slowly she empties? Also, it seems like some days she empties faster than others. Is that true for any of your kiddos?

First, my son has not taken Reglan before and my daughter was only on it for 3 days, so I cant answer your first question. But if she has DGE, I can say that the thickening (depending on what it is) will cause the milk to go through slower, aggrevating the effects of the DGE. Of course you weigh if she is better with it thickend or better without it and go with the one that is the best--I just wanted you to be aware of it.

I do also think she has classic DGE signs and I would suggest the gastric emptying scan. It is a very easy procedure that does not involve sedating, and I personally thought it was a good thing--I felt better knowing what my sons problem was, instead of having to always guess. It also told us it was much more severe than I ever imagined. It explained a lot about the way he eats and how he feels, and I liked being able to know that.

My daughter was on Reglan for suspected DGE at 4 months old by her ped., because she was spitting up formula hours and hours and hours after a feed. The Reglan did help to reduce some puking, but not all and it did make her hungrier with no side effects, but it did take her almost 2 weeks to get the full effect of the drug as it has to build up in the system. I'm not sure when Emily started the Reglan again, but it may need more time to become effective. The doctor suggested feeding her only small amounts all day, rather than larger bottles, so I started to give her 2-3 ozs. about every two hours, instead of 4 ozs. every 4 hours. This helped quite a bit to reduce the puking and make Cady more comfortable, before the med started working. She was "undiagnosed" by the GI at 7 months, because of suspected milk allergies, which weren't officially diagnosed until she was 14 months old. In your case, since Emily still seems uncomfortable, I would request the DGE scan to make sure she does have DGE and if she does to see how severe it is. They might change her treatment at that time.