Henya KnitMammy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello, I have permission to post, today my client was told that
>  *The gastroscopy and biopsy was proven to be positive for H. Pylori and
> doctor prescribed antibiotic PREV PEC *
> *The pharmacist told her that she is not allowed to nurse and has to wean.
> Her 16 month old is very allergic, has gastric and developmental problems
> and is very dependent on nursing emotionally. The mother can not imagine
> weaning at this point.*
> *Any advise?*

If that's supposed to be "Prev-Pac", it's just lansoprazole,
amoxicillin, and clarithromycin. None of them are contraindicated in
breastfeeding, with a possible exception if the baby has an anaphylactic
allergy to one of the antibiotics.

All are given directly to children over 6 months of age. There are
dosing schedules available for giving lansoprazole and amoxicillin
directly to babies younger than three months of age. The pharmacist has
probably filled scripts of this sort, and has suffered in this case from
the complete failure to use a brain so common in those confronted with
their own irrational discomfort at a normal human activity.

You can look them all up in Hale's book or at the forum here.
<http://neonatal.ama.ttuhsc.edu/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi>


Lara Hopkins

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