Product Description:

Gaviscon Infant helps prevents reflux, where the stomach contents seep back up the oesophagus (food pipe). It contains two ingredients derived from seaweed called alginates. It works by thickening the baby’s stomach contents so that the milk is more difficult to regurgitate.Treatment with Gaviscon Infant helps to significantly reduce how often a baby brings up milk and also makes the reflux less severe.¹ The number of times a baby is sick can be reduced by nearly two thirds by using Gavison Infant. Helps to prevent gastric reflux and regurgitation.

How to use:

It is produced in a powder form and comes in one-dose sachets. Administration: In breastfed babies, Gaviscon is mixed with a little cooled boiled water, formula or expressed breast-milk (5 ml is usually adequate) and fed before, during or after a feed.

Caution & Warnings:

A medical review of the patient's condition should be undertaken seven days after initiating treatment or before if symptoms worsen.

Significant or sustained changes in bowel habit or stool consistency e.g. diarrhoea or constipation, should be investigated.

Follow dosage instructions exactly to avoid an excessive amount of product per feed and the possible risk of hypernatraemia.

Not to be used when treating infants with known or suspected impairment of renal function as the sodium content (approximately 23.9 mg or 1.04 mmol per dose) may add to the risk of hypernatraemia.

Hypernatraemia should be treated with oral fluids and monitoring of the infant's electrolytes. Severe cases should be treated by the cautious use of hypo-osmotic solutions.

This medicinal product contains 23.9 mg sodium per sachet, equivalent to 1% of the WHO recommended maximum daily intake of 2 g sodium for an adult. The maximum daily dose of this product is equivalent to 14 % of the WHO recommended maximum daily intake for sodium for an adult. This product is considered high in sodium. This should be particularly taken into account for those on a low salt diet.

Ingredients:

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