The title says it all really....my nearly 5 month old was diagnosed with silent reflux at around 8 weeks and has been on ranitidine since. (Inf Gav just bunged her up and did nothing else) -it took some time to work and now I can notice a complete difference. She is breast fed (wont take a bottle).
Anyway, over the past few weeks Ive noticed she has really forceful projectile vomits and these are usually a minute or so after Ive given her the ranitidine. She is sick probably about 2 /3 times a week, which isn't loads, but it is usually an entire feed that comes up and at least a metre projecting! Incidentally, she never vomited with the reflux.
I use the little syringes to give her the ranitidine and have tried putting it in, in stages, all at once etc but doesnt seem to make much difference. She hates it anyway. Anyone have experience of this? Not sure whether to reduce dosage or cut out altogether or stay the same.
(One thing I have noticed is it definitely happens if I give her the ranitidine AFTER the feed - this never used to happen). Otherwise she is happy and kicking after the vomiting....
Going to doc on monday but wondering ahead of this if anyone had any direct experience of this and does Ranitidine actually cause vomiting? (BTW my brother had Pyloric Senosis but he was sick much more often ie every 36 hours)