Reflux is the high-fashion(drug sales) diagnosis of the times. There's usually little proof... Half the time the problem is more-likely gastric or duodenal, but since it's not appropriate to use the drugs for these diagnoses without evidence of an ulcer, the the reflux diagnosis allows for the drug sales... Anyway, a large portion of "colic" is gastric/intestinal milk-protein intolerance, in mom's milk or formula. Because Zantac and such are histamine-2 blockers, they also will reduce part of the intestinal allergic/intolerance reaction and the baby may improve somewhat because of this, not because it's blocking some reflux, real or imagined. Real reflux is also often caused by milk-proteins. Keeping the pH reduced without good reason will certainly set baby up for more risk of intestinal infections. Common side-effects of these drugs also include headache and insomnia -- at least in older children and adults -- they don't ask babies. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html