Re: Managing GERD while pregnant

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I know how horrible it is to try to control Reflux during pregnancy. I take 30 mg of Prevacid twice daily and 40 mg of Pepcid at bed time plus 1 gram of Carafate four times a day. It is this combo of drugs that is finally working for me. I hope the Zantac keeps working for you!

Good Luck! Amy At Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Dawn wrote: >
>Is it okay to take Zantac during pregnancy?
>
>I am 31 years old & 9 weeks into my first pregnancy.
>I have a hiatal hernia & have been treated for GERD for years. The only
>thing that has ever worked well for me is Prilosec. I stopped taking my
>Priloscec when I found out I was pregnant. In the first few weeks I was
>eating about 20-25 TUMS per day & then started to take Gaviscon to cut
>down on the TUMS. **I don't want kindey stones!!** When I went for my
>first OB visit they gave me an RX for Zantac which has been helping. I
>have looked up Zantac, TUMS & Gaviscon all in a couple of Nursing Drug
>books. TUMS & Gaviscon are actually listed as Catagory C & Zantac is
>listed as Catagory B for pregnancy.
>
>It worries me to be taking any drugs while pregnant, but I really
>wouldn't be able to eat if I didn't. I just wanted some other opinions
>about the safety of Zantac vs. TUMS or Gaviscon. I could live with any
>of them to help control the reflux, but Zantac is definetely the most
>effective.
>
>--
>Dawn
>

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