Roni i was wondering why MDs aren't giving these kids that vomit compazine supposotories....and do you think it would help ? I'm not sure of the mg of the supp but the pills come as low as 10 mg ...Maybe it's to simple or inaffective ..it was just a thought i had

..sorry thats 5 mgs and it comes in a liquid as well ..still not sure of the mg of the supp. well Ciao
Daniele

.I'm not all that familiar with compazine so I'm not 100% sure why they aren't prescribing it although I'll take a stab at guessing (as I'm sure you knew I would :P). From what I understand Compazine is for vomiting associated with nausea. These kids aren't vomitiing from nausea, it would be like giving them dramamine or gravol, useless. The vomiting in our kids in related to the LES not working right...not nausea.

The other reason I would suggest is that it is an anti-psychotic and so I would suspect has an effect on the blood-brain barrier and could have bad side effects in kids (although I don't know any of that). It's also not supposed to be used in kids under 2 or 20lbs...although I think technically all the drugs our kids are on say that :roll:

Anyway, those would be my guesses...for whatever it's worth :wink: . If you think it's worthwhile, ask your ped about it, he would be able to give you a much more educated answer.

:shock: i didn't know it was used as an anit psychotic. :oops: ..wow( i'd better bone up on my meds before i go back to work) :lol: . In that case it would absolutely not be a good idea to treat children .It does work wonders for some of my pts,i think only one of them has problems with LES because of throat Cancer.I guess i should have looked into it a lil more... :wink:

<grin> no problem...actually, I could be wrong...as I said...I'm not really familiar with it.

Hummm, I wonder if the pt you have with LES problems has throat cancer because of his LES problems...you know, from acid exposure?

Well he told me once that he's had GERD for over 40 year .I don't think he took very good care of himself ,he was also a smoker (2 packs a day) for 30 years or so .He also eats like a garbage disposal ..last year I actually had to pry a steak and cheese grinder out of his hands. I do adore him eventho when he gets mad he flips me the middle finger,he is one of those pts that make me really love my job .I took Alanna to visit with him about 3 weeks after she was born .We'd just found out she had reflux,he was so upset . He said (well he doesn't speak anymore but he uses a communication board) he'd pray for her . He goes to temple at least 3 times a week and the first prayer he says is for her.My mother in law has GERD as well she's been on prilosec forever ,she has had polyps but never in her throat or stomach.She's not too happy about Alanna having reflux either.this afternoon was the first time i really spoke with her about it .she is helping me understand what it's like to live having reflux.We're all really hoping Alanna will out grow it soon...I know whats it's like to have a lil reflux here and there but to have it all the time like these kids do ...I just can't imagine how they suffer.It really breaks my heart that more can't be done.lol well i'd better stop now before i go on for any longer :lol:

It's interesting that you mentioned that your mother-in-law has GERD too, Daniele. I've heard that reflux is hereditary, but we're still questioning how and why Evan has it. There is absolutely no one on either side of the family who has it. Any thoughts?

Hummm, smoking and GERD for 40 years....he may as well of asked for throat cancer! Not good.

Yes, GERD is genetic, PAGER had a research team prove it. I was also really confused about where Shae got it b/c I had never even really known what heartburn was until I got pregnant and had it a few times. I had never heard anyone in my family complain about it and no one had ever been dx'd that I knew of. Same goes for my husbands side of the family. I have since been noticing how many of my family members have other types of digestive problems and so I now I assume it's related that way. Everyone just seems to have some digestive problem or another and so this just happens to be Shae's I guess.

nope so far she's the only one that I know about .My nephew (who is 3 now) had it for first 18 months of his life...(you should see him now he out weighs my 7 year old) From what my sister in law has told me ,he had it pretty bad...he also took prilosec . When he was about 18 months old he just didn't have it anymore. I'm hoping Alanna will take after her cousin in that respect.It just seems strange. Do they just wake up one day and they're cured?She'll still only take 1-2 ounces per feeding but she's gaining and she's just spitting up a tiny bit after she eats.She doesn't even take in 15 ounces in 24...I'm so sick of asking her pedi and the specialist if thats normal ,they act so put out when i asks them anything,(oy the attitudes)well i'd better get going we're off to grandmas !