natural flavors and Red 40

[kallik]

I know to avoid artificial flavors, but our tomato sauce had "natural flavors" in it, and I thought I'd read to avoid those as well. Also, my son's new pediatrician wrote him a prescription for an antibiotic to use if he catches the bacterial infection my husband and I had. It is cherry flavored and so has Red 40 in it. What are kids supposed to use for infection if they can't have Red 40? I haven't given it to him yet. This same pediatrician is open minded and told us to avoid these artificial colors, and we asked if they had antibiotic without the Red 40 and I guess they don't make it. We did a blood test yesterday, to check for a host of things, low iron, yeast, etc. And, our insurance pays for it, because the doctor has the codes to put on the paper. He said if I found someone to do pyroluria test to put his name on there. Thank goodness for a open-minded pediatrician in Sugarland, Texas!

[Caryn]

There is one antibiotic that I know of which is free of dyes. Sorry I can't think of the name/brand. Just call your local pharmacist. Our doctor prescribed it for our little guy after ds developed the tics and I told him I wanted to go dye free. There is literally only one brand, as far as I know. I believe it is a putrefied pale orange color. Maybe someone else will pipe in.

Caryn

[michele]

Omniseph is white and is in liquid form. Otherwise we take capsules of Augmentin and penicillin. My son is allergic to red 40.

Michele

There is one antibiotic that I know of which is free of dyes. Sorry I can't think of the name/brand. Just call your local pharmacist. Our doctor prescribed it for our little guy after ds developed the tics and I told him I wanted to go dye free. There is literally only one brand, as far as I know. I believe it is a putrefied pale orange color. Maybe someone else will pipe in.

Caryn