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Prednisone and Stomach Ulcars

My son, John John is 6 years old and has been having some stomach issues. We took him to a pediatric gastronologist who wants to conduct a endoscopy. He will have to undergo general anesthesia. We are very nervous about this based on the boy from Wales as well as Tyler Poole.
Any thoughts about this?

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Permalink Reply by Mindy on January 8, 2009 at 12:33am

Hi - our baby was on zantac for a little while because of acid reflux, and he became deficient in a few important vitamins/minerals. If they're on it, they should be taking some b-12, and possibly iron as well.

One more thing to think about, right?

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Permalink Reply by Susan Nantais on February 20, 2009 at 11:39am

Hi Everyone,

My son is 16 and has been Deflazacort since he was 7. He has reflux that bothers him quite frequently. He is on Protonix now. We have been through Prilosec and Prevasid. After awhile one will stop working and we have to change to something else for awhile. Ryan has had two endoscopies without complications. Both showed a yeast infection in his throat. The GI doctor has now asked us to see an infectious disease specialist to talk about possible preventative medicine. We have considered putting him on some probiotics to help his GI system and the yeast growth. Ryan does complain that his stomach hurts frequently but so far he has had no signs of an ulcer.

Hope this helps.

Sue

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Chiaramonte on February 24, 2009 at 2:21pm

My son is 5 years old and has been on predisone and zantac for a year now and so far he has had no problems. And he don't alway eat before he takes his medication.