Indigo Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 It just crossed my mind this morning that I know that dd reacts negatively to dyes...and her Azith is bright pink/red!! Is there such a thing as dye free antibiotics?
peglem Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 My daughter's zith is pill form, dye free. Pliva is the manufacturer.
colleenrn Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Yes. You can get a white pill and the pharmacist says it is fine to crush. My kids can't swallow pills, so I have been crushing it. i will try to find the name of the manufacturer, but you may want to call diferent pharmacies and just ask if thye can get the white pill. I had the best luck with small "neighborhood" pharmacies. My kids have horrible reactions to red dye.
EAMom Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Yes, we currently have white Azith. It says Wockhardt on the bottle. I don't know if that is the manufacturer.
Indigo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Posted March 13, 2009 Thanks!! If you don't mind sharing...what is a typical dye reaction for your kiddos?
EAMom Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 I don't think my dd reacts to the dye. Sometimes the drugstore gives us the red Azith., sometimes they give us the white guys.
peglem Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 I haven't noticed a reaction to red dye in my daughter either. The dye free tablets are just what the pharmacy has always given to fill the prescription.
colleenrn Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Red dye makes my kids hyper, but we had two bad experiences on it. When my son was five he was taking Keflex liquid with red dye and after a day on it he got more and more hyper, then started to act depressed- even said he wanted to die. It was 100% out of his character to act this way and I don't think it was strep related. When I started to suspect the red dye, I switched him to capsules (dumped the powder in liquid- it tasted horrible but pharmacist OK'd it), after a day he was completely back to normal. Another time my 4 yr old ate tons of icing with red dye and woke up screaming he saw spiders flying around the room. Red 40 seems to be the worst. Google red 40 and it is shocking how some children react to it. Colleen
colleenrn Posted March 14, 2009 Report Posted March 14, 2009 The manufacturer of the white Zith we get is Sandoz(in NY) Colleen
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