HELP - DS11 will not take his abx

[VickyLH]

Hi everyone,

It seems things are turning bad fast with our son. He is on 250 mg Augmentin 3 times a day for a Strep infection. He's been taking Augmentin since Tuesday (and was on Amoxicillin for 5 days prior to that). Had a great inital reaction the first day, but has been going down hill fast since (vocal tics, many movement tics, OCD, anxiety, etc). He is now refusing to take his medicine and won't tell us why. Any suggestions? I'm afraid to hide it in his food for fear that he will stop eating and/or drinking. He seems very distraught over this (as am I and his father).

[thereishope]

Has he ever expressed a fear of choking? Some kids develop that while in an exacerbation. Perhaps the pills are too big and consider splitting them or even getting a liquid for a bit until you see more improvement.

Edited January 7, 2011 by Vickie

[VickyLH]

He's already on the liquid. He wouldn't say why he didn't want it but it's obvious he's pretty upset. I'm at work today and tried to convince him to take it while talking to him on the phone, but I didn't have any luck.

[Luna2]

Try the liquid. DD13 hides pills. We find them everywhere and can't tell if she had a dose or not. We now have her on Augmenton ES liquid. She is about 90 lbs and take 1 - 1/12 tsp/d. Luckily she says she also feels best on this form on Augm. We tried the chewable and she hates the taste. The BIG regular pills she is unable to take at all because she is afraid of choking.The good thing about the liquid is I can tell if she has taken it and it is difficult, although not impossible, to hide. Good luck.

[VickyLH]

Thanks, after speaking with my husband, I am now thinking that he may have seperation anxiety from me (I work Mondays and Fridays) and he may want me to give it to him. I guess I'll see tonight. I know he feels "safer" with me than my husband. I don't mean that my husband would harm him in any way and he tries to be very understanding, but he's probably a little less patient through all of this than I am. Boy this is tough, it seems you don't know what will come next with PANDAS. That's what's so scarey and has my nerves frazzled.

[thereishope]

My son went through a time when he fought tooth and nail with me giving his meds. Since he was 5 I was able to put a hold on him and squirt it slowly in his cheek. But one night it was so bad, my husband had to drive home from work just to give the antibiotic, then drive back to finish his shift. My son took it from him no problem.

[PhillyPA]

My son had the same problem. We put the medicine in a medicine cup that comes on top of Advil for kids and then gave him a straw to suck it up. For some reason, this was acceptable to him and it worked.