Mixing Medicine

We have discovered that the adult version of Prevacid works best in controlling Stanton's reflux disease. Prevacid does come in a solutab version, however, the dissolvable coating contains dairy. Stanton is Milk Protein Intolerant. All those months of dissolving his medication in water…dripping it into his mouth with an eye dropper…waiting 30 minutes to feed him…No wonder we never saw much improvement all those months he took the solutab version! So, you may be asking yourself, "how does a two year old swallow a pill?" This is where MARCI-KIDS comes in to play.

MARCI-KIDS (The Midwest Acid Reflux Children’s Institute) mission is to “optimize the treatment of acid reflux in children.” Through their research lab in Missouri, they have created a product called BufferBabies®.  This pharmaceutical aid enables us to turn Stanton’s Prevacid into a flavored suspension which we can put directly into his formula. Stanton receives BufferBabies® three times a day. It’s so nice to not have to time the giving of the medication around feeding. All we have to do is mix up the suspension each month, keep it in the refrigerator and put it in three of his bottles each day. Easy, right? Well…….

……mixing the Prevacid with the BufferBabies® powder is quite a tedious task. It took John and I several attempts before finding a system that worked for us. I’ve also had other parents, trying BufferBabies®, ask me how I mix up the medication.

First you must open the Prevacid capsules. 

John discovered that using a utility knife gently opens the tip of the capsule

without spilling the medicine beads.

Pour the medicine beads into a container.  

I like to use a creamer as it has a pouring spout.

Using a funnel, pour the medicine into the bottle.

Mix with the powder from MARCI-KIDS and the directed amount of water.

Now go play!