Need A Gluten Free, Lactose Free Reflux Med

[annofthejungle]

My six year old has reflux and it's getting to be a problem. We were at the pediatrician yesterday and she recommended Prilosec OTC. I was frustrated when I got to the pharmacy and started reading the ingredients. It lists "starch" with no specification as to where it comes from, which to me means wheat starch. He's been on Zantac but that doesn't seem to be working very well.

Has anyone else found a gluten free, lactose free reflux med??????

[happygirl]

According to this site, run by a pharmacist, Prilosec is gluten free Open Original Shared Link

I can't speak to if its lactose free. Can he take lactaid, though?

[debmom]

My daughter was unable to take any of the reflux medicines because after 10-11 days on each one, she developed hives. After the third one, prevacid, I think, her throat started to close. We have gone to alternate methods to control her reflux, including eliminating acidic foods unless we can get the low acid variety such as orange juice, and investigating other food allergies or intolerances that can contribute to the reflux. the NAET doctor who first tested her confirmed the food allergies we knew and added a ton to her plate. She takes injections for the environmental allergies and eggs and soy, and underwent "clearances" from the NAET doctor for other intolerances to food. She rarely has any reflux now--it's been two years since we started all this. She was retested recently and reacted to only a couple of things instead of the dozens she used to react to. It's worth a try so you don't have to put him on medicine if you don't have to.

[MaryJones2]

I think Tagamet HB is also lactose free.