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"Thankyou Jenny for making me realise there is hope. I had started to loose all faith and was convinced I was going mad nut I know gracie is all of those things and that I hope one day she sleeps peacefully! ??? Hope Matthew had a wonderful day and…"

"Thankyou Sarah. When do you use it with Zoe? She was supposed to start the probiotic straight after finishing the metronidazole but she finished that a week ago now, thanks to all there messing about??? I'm having to fight to get to dr shah…"

"Thankyou yet again for your help ladies. I have found the biocare online but I'm just wondering which I should be giving her as she is 17 months old and I read that it was suitable for up to 1 year??? X"

"I bought it in Nutricentre. If you live in London, there is one in the Hale clinic on Park Crescent. Alternatively, they have a website and you can buy it there as well"

"I ordered it from eBay, and there are other places online if you google it :)"

"Ranitidine is an anti-histamine too, so it's preferable in cases of allergic gut (not so many side effects as a PPI either). We were on it, but now on ketotifen (also anti-hist and anti-inflam) so stopped ranitidine as i didn't want LO on…"

"Great Ormond Street Hospital"

"Hi there please can someone tell me what GOSH is? "

"Emma, we see Dr Shah through Bupa, so he's definitely on their list. Good luck with it all x"

"Thankyou everyone I knew you would all be able to help me! Thank god I have sone support! In answer to your questions she was on norzol metronidazole antis before the vsl3 probiotics. The way she is on antis is amazing, a comfortable happy little…"

"Just read something on an IBS site about Infantis being proven to relieve symptoms of IBS. Worth trying. X"

"This might be of interest to you, Emma. http://www.aboutibs.org/site/about-ibs/management/medications/gut-flora S xx "

"Hi Emma, Just to back up what Gillian says, Ranitidine is a Type 2 antihistamine (as opposed to cetirizine which is type 1) and this may explain the rationale behind looking to move from the omeprazole to a good dose of ranitidine.  It works in…"

"I can't really add much to the brilliant advice from Beverly and Jenny but regards the possible switch to ranitidine, theres apparently some research that shows that ranitidine is more effective if some component of the reflux is cause by…"

"Hi Emma, I don't quite understand how many paeds you've seen. I do understand that their approach seems a little confusing but it certainly sounds like you're making a bit of progress. As Jen says my LO has EGID, specifically…"