TODAY IS NOV 7TH, 2007 AND I SAID I WOULD TALK ABOUT MEDICATIONS YOU CAN USE FOR CHILDREN OR INFANTS ONCE THEY BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THE FLU OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.
RECENTLY THE FDA ASKED ALL PHARMACIES AND DRUG STORES TO PULL OFF THE COUNTER 8 OR SO OTC MEDICATIONS FOR SMALL CHILDREN THAT WERE USED FOR COUGH AND COLD AND FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. THE REASON WAS SIMPLE, YOU HAD TO GIVE TO THAT CHILD A DOSE SO SMALL THAT YOU GOT NO EFFECT FROM THE DRUGS OR YOU GAVE A DOSE SO LARGE THAT IT MAY HAVE HURT THE CHILD. YOU HAD TO GIVE SO MUCH DRUG THAT THE CHILDS LIVER COULD NOT HANDLE THE DOSE OR YOU WOULD SEE SOME VERY STRANGE SIDE EFFECTS LIKE AN INVERSE REACTION TO ANTIHISTAMINES. SO IT WOULD NOT MAKE THE CHILD SLEEPY BUT INSTEAD CAUSE SOME VERY OFF THE WALL WILD ACTIONS.
RATHER THAN WARN YOU OF ALL OF THESE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS IT WAS DECIDED TO RECALL THE PRODUCTS.
IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD OR OLDER THERE MAY STILL BE SOME NICE COMBINATION DRUGS ON THE MARKET, HOWEVER, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GO WITH SINGLE PRODUCTS LIKE ACETAMINIPHEN FOR FEVER AND HEADACHES AND PAIN, A STRAIGHT ANTIHISTIME LIKE CLARITAN FOR NASAL SYMPTOMS. REMEMBER THAT COMBINATION PRODUCTS MAY HAVE SOME ACETAMINOPHEN ALREADY IN THEM SO BE CAREFUL!!!
TREAT THE ACHES AND PAINS AND THE UPPER RESPITORY SYMPTOMS WITH ACETAMINOPHEN AND ANTIHISTAMINES, IF THE CHILD HAS AN UPSET STOMACH THEN GO TO THE PHARMACY COUNTER AND ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION, DO NOT JUST PICK UP A PRODUCT AND PURCHASE IT!!! SOME PRODUCTS HAVE HIDDEN ASPIRIN IN THEM LIKE PEPTO BISMOL AND THAT CAN CAUSE REYES SYNDROME WHICH CAN BE FATAL.
BE CAREFUL OF SOME PRODUCTS LIKE NYQUIL, THEY ARE GOOD PRODUCTS BUT THEY MAKE YOU SLEEPY BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN 40% ALCOHOL AND THEY HAVE BROMIDE SALTS WHICH CAN BE TOUGH FOR YOUR LIVER TO DIGEST, AND THEY MAY LEAVE YOU A BIT HUNG OVER THE NEXT DAY.
IF THIS PERSON IS YOUNGER THAN 2 YEARS OLD, CALL YOUR PEDIATRICIAN, AND GET A RECOMMENDATION!!!
TOMMORROW WE WILL BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE NASTY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE COMMON COLD TO DRY CRACKED SKIN AND WHAT IS OUT THERE TO HELP YOU SELF MEDICATE.
RECENTLY THE FDA ASKED ALL PHARMACIES AND DRUG STORES TO PULL OFF THE COUNTER 8 OR SO OTC MEDICATIONS FOR SMALL CHILDREN THAT WERE USED FOR COUGH AND COLD AND FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. THE REASON WAS SIMPLE, YOU HAD TO GIVE TO THAT CHILD A DOSE SO SMALL THAT YOU GOT NO EFFECT FROM THE DRUGS OR YOU GAVE A DOSE SO LARGE THAT IT MAY HAVE HURT THE CHILD. YOU HAD TO GIVE SO MUCH DRUG THAT THE CHILDS LIVER COULD NOT HANDLE THE DOSE OR YOU WOULD SEE SOME VERY STRANGE SIDE EFFECTS LIKE AN INVERSE REACTION TO ANTIHISTAMINES. SO IT WOULD NOT MAKE THE CHILD SLEEPY BUT INSTEAD CAUSE SOME VERY OFF THE WALL WILD ACTIONS.
RATHER THAN WARN YOU OF ALL OF THESE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS IT WAS DECIDED TO RECALL THE PRODUCTS.
IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT IS 2 YEARS OLD OR OLDER THERE MAY STILL BE SOME NICE COMBINATION DRUGS ON THE MARKET, HOWEVER, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GO WITH SINGLE PRODUCTS LIKE ACETAMINIPHEN FOR FEVER AND HEADACHES AND PAIN, A STRAIGHT ANTIHISTIME LIKE CLARITAN FOR NASAL SYMPTOMS. REMEMBER THAT COMBINATION PRODUCTS MAY HAVE SOME ACETAMINOPHEN ALREADY IN THEM SO BE CAREFUL!!!
TREAT THE ACHES AND PAINS AND THE UPPER RESPITORY SYMPTOMS WITH ACETAMINOPHEN AND ANTIHISTAMINES, IF THE CHILD HAS AN UPSET STOMACH THEN GO TO THE PHARMACY COUNTER AND ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION, DO NOT JUST PICK UP A PRODUCT AND PURCHASE IT!!! SOME PRODUCTS HAVE HIDDEN ASPIRIN IN THEM LIKE PEPTO BISMOL AND THAT CAN CAUSE REYES SYNDROME WHICH CAN BE FATAL.
BE CAREFUL OF SOME PRODUCTS LIKE NYQUIL, THEY ARE GOOD PRODUCTS BUT THEY MAKE YOU SLEEPY BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN 40% ALCOHOL AND THEY HAVE BROMIDE SALTS WHICH CAN BE TOUGH FOR YOUR LIVER TO DIGEST, AND THEY MAY LEAVE YOU A BIT HUNG OVER THE NEXT DAY.
IF THIS PERSON IS YOUNGER THAN 2 YEARS OLD, CALL YOUR PEDIATRICIAN, AND GET A RECOMMENDATION!!!
TOMMORROW WE WILL BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE NASTY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE COMMON COLD TO DRY CRACKED SKIN AND WHAT IS OUT THERE TO HELP YOU SELF MEDICATE.
posted by Bruce Greenwald, Pharmacist at
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