Gaviscon Infant Sachet – 30 doses

What is it

Gaviscon Infant Sachets are a paediatric treatment for gastric reflux. If your child is younger than 2 and suffering with reflux, you can use this product as part of their daily feeds to help stabilise their stomach contents and ease their symptoms. This will help to keep them comfortable and ease the distress they may feel when reflux makes them spit up or experience heartburn.

Directions

The way you prepare Gaviscon Infant sachets will depend on whether your child is bottle-fed or breastfed:

• For bottle-fed infants mix each sachet into 115ml (4 fluid oz) of milk feed in the bottle. Shake bottle well and feed your baby as normal
• For breastfed infants and other infants up to the age of 2, mix each sachet with 5ml (1 teaspoon) of cooled boiled water to form a smooth paste. Add another 10ml (2 teaspoons) of water and mix. If your child is breastfed, give them the mixture partway through each feed or meal, using a spoon or a bottle. For all other infants, give them the mixture at the end of each meal using a spoon or bottle

Do not give more than 6 times in any 24-hour period. Do not use for more than 7 days without speaking to your doctor.

Warnings

Gaviscon infant is not suitable for use in children over the age of 2, adults, or the elderly. Do not use this product if your child is allergic to magnesium alginate, sodium alginate, or any of the other listed ingredients. Do not use this product if you are already using a thickening agent in your infant’s food. Do not give this product to your child if they:

• Were born prematurely
• Are being sick, have a fever or have diarrhoea
• Have kidney damage or have been put on a low salt diet
• Have a blockage in their gut (intestinal obstruction)

Ingredients

Each unit dose sachet of 0.65 g powder contains 225 mg sodium alginate and 87.5 mg magnesium alginate.

Other ingredients are mannitol and colloidal silica.