Docs overprescribing for infant acid reflux: findings
BABIES famously spit up after eating because they are, well, babies. And 
although it's usually more of a laundry issue than a medical one, doctors 
are overprescribing reflux medications in infants, according to a new study 
in the journal Pediatrics.


for the rest of the story:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/health/story/4082770p-4682118c.html


Can anyone see the full article to see if the researchers included breastfed 
babies, and if so, how were they treated in the analysis? PEDIATRICS Vol. 
120 No. 5 November 2007, pp. 946-949 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1146).

Diane Michel, LLLL
Boulder, CO 

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