Advil?

[ajcire]

Thank you again for taking the time to explain all this. You are all such a wealth of information and incredible for sharing it.

 

I have tried to teach him to swallow pills but he refuses. He used to take 5htp and I tried to bribe him to swallow it but it didn't work at all. I will definitely give it another go though.

[peglem]

Thank you again for taking the time to explain all this. You are all such a wealth of information and incredible for sharing it.

 

I have tried to teach him to swallow pills but he refuses. He used to take 5htp and I tried to bribe him to swallow it but it didn't work at all. I will definitely give it another go though.

 

Do you use a syringe to give liquid meds? My daughter learned to swallow pills by us putting the pill back on her tongue and then giving a couple of syringes of water. Once she learned that pills don't taste as bad as liquid meds, she really took to it. We still give pills this way.

[thereishope]

I understand where you're coming from. My 8 year old would not be willing to take pills either. I have bottles of liquid for everything for my kids. If you get liquid, try to stick with dye free. Sometimes food dye can cause behavior issues in kids as well.Oh, and I was wrong, I give my 5 year old dye free Motrin (not Advil).

 

 

Thank you again for taking the time to explain all this. You are all such a wealth of information and incredible for sharing it.

 

I have tried to teach him to swallow pills but he refuses. He used to take 5htp and I tried to bribe him to swallow it but it didn't work at all. I will definitely give it another go though.

[EAMom]

Motrin (brand name) and Advil (brand name) are both Ibuprofen (drug name). I guess I should be actually be saying "Ibuprofen" instead of Advil. I just buy whatever generic Ibuprofen is available. This time it's Target's brand. In the past I've used Walgreens.

 

Usually I say "Advil" when I actually mean "Ibuprofen" b/c it's easily recognized by others and shorter to type!

[EAMom]

My understanding is that the rebound headaches are only if you are using it to treat headaches (which then "rebound") in the first place. If you don't have chronic headaches (eg. are using Ibuprofen for arthritis or PANDAS or some other non-headache condition) it won't cause "rebound headaches" to appear our of nowhere.

 

Our Stanford rheumatologist felt that Ibuprofen was safe to use long term daily (200mg once a day for a 54 pound child). I think he was probably being pretty conservative in his recommendation. According to the label, Ibuprofen can be used every 6-8 hours although I would want to check with a dr. b-4 using this often on a long term basis (weeks). For a few days, I wouldn't have any reservations about using it this frequently. This is what anybody would do if a child had a flu or other illness.

[ajcire]

No, he is always willing to take the liquid easy.... I just use the little medicine cup. He was willing to take 5htp when I needed him to if I opened the capsule and mixed it in his water... to me that was just gross but he didn't care.. he tried to swallow the pill one time to appease me but it didn't go well for him and he won't try again.

 

Thank you again for taking the time to explain all this. You are all such a wealth of information and incredible for sharing it.

 

I have tried to teach him to swallow pills but he refuses. He used to take 5htp and I tried to bribe him to swallow it but it didn't work at all. I will definitely give it another go though.

 

Do you use a syringe to give liquid meds? My daughter learned to swallow pills by us putting the pill back on her tongue and then giving a couple of syringes of water. Once she learned that pills don't taste as bad as liquid meds, she really took to it. We still give pills this way.

[ajcire]

I think I will make sure to keep this on hand. I hate medicating and am afraid to just do things on my own but for a few days to just see if I see a difference I am definitely ok with this.

 

 

My understanding is that the rebound headaches are only if you are using it to treat headaches (which then "rebound") in the first place. If you don't have chronic headaches (eg. are using Ibuprofen for arthritis or PANDAS or some other non-headache condition) it won't cause "rebound headaches" to appear our of nowhere.

 

Our Stanford rheumatologist felt that Ibuprofen was safe to use long term daily (200mg once a day for a 54 pound child). I think he was probably being pretty conservative in his recommendation. According to the label, Ibuprofen can be used every 6-8 hours although I would want to check with a dr. b-4 using this often on a long term basis (weeks). For a few days, I wouldn't have any reservations about using it this frequently. This is what anybody would do if a child had a flu or other illness.

[thereishope]

Luckily, overall, my son is doing well now and I only use the Ibruprofen on days when he seems to have a cold, headache, or allergies and things start to pop up.I know there's no info backing me up on this, I'm just scared that the benefits will wear off if he uses it too often. He's only 5. I have many years I need to cover.

 

I do hate when he says he has a headache. I don't know if he actually knows what a headache is, but I also freak out that inflammation is going on and that's what's causing the discomfort.