Currently, there is no effective medication with a known mechanism of action to help ameliorate colic pain in a newborn. Physicians have reccommended simethicone to reduce gas.

Simethicone may be helpful.

While there are over the counter drugs eg 'infants friend' there is not enough evidence to support recommendations that for prescribing any medication is useful. However, education on normal development and crying expectations for newborns is helpful in improving parent confidence with managing a newborn with 'colic'

In Caesar deliveries, you should consider adding the probiotic bifidobacteria infantis to the formula. Such a delivery by-passes the natural uptake. This bacteria has a powerful effect. Plus, if you have an osteopath available, he/she can check the sub-occipital vagus nerve exit, which is a common cause of colic if impinged.

I like to add, that infantis should be used in all cases, not only Caesars. You maybe surprised by the response, if at least a half-teaspoon be added every hour X 4.

Stoping cows milk tothe mother often helps

infantile colic is still an un-explored area. We do not know for sure why babies cry. But we can characterise the babies as having only colic depending upon certain clinical findings in them. An infant`s cry can be attributed to colic if he passes lot of wind and behaves well after that, if his bottom is sore, if he gets comfort if he is held upright by an ambulating parent, his stooling and urine frequency are normal and if he does not have any red flags that suggest a serious condition. One should rule out ASOM, Intusussception and urinary retention (obstruction by compressing clothing or waist strings). Reassuring the mother about natural course of colic and ways to prevent it might help.

It's unclear whether colic is best considered abnormal or a variant of normal, if unpleasant, experience. And treatment for whom? What is the best measure of success - presumably less crying, but again we only have access to the experience of the caregiver/parent as it's difficulty to know what the infant is experiencing. We are at risk of medicalizing an experience that may be normal ( if stressful for parents).

If there is any medication that works, we can say confidently that it does not work well. Research does not show any medication consistently effective in a magnitude that would matter to a parent ( and the infant?)

There is a recent overview on manipulation for treatment of colic and little effect.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/06/12/peds.2012-3959.abstract?sid=a65726c3-6ed6-4f73-9a10-ed225952629a