Omnicef

[lynn]

At Ds' last appt, he was given Omnicef and told that he could take the 2 300mg pills once a day. We then went on vacation. He had a pretty hard time and even got a sore throat at one point. I decided that once a day might not be protective, and started to separate the dose and give one pill two times a day (this is an option in the pill handout.) He has improved (a little bit.) So my question is, does Omnicef have a long enough half life for the double dose once a day to be effective, or should I go on with the substantially less convenient twice a day?

 

Thanks to everyone for your help. Dr. B has told us we should go ahead and do IVIG since it is likely our insurance will cover it. I would still like to see at least some positive response to some PANDAs thing before we go to that point.

 

Lynn

[Kayanne]

At Ds' last appt, he was given Omnicef and told that he could take the 2 300mg pills once a day. We then went on vacation. He had a pretty hard time and even got a sore throat at one point. I decided that once a day might not be protective, and started to separate the dose and give one pill two times a day (this is an option in the pill handout.) He has improved (a little bit.) So my question is, does Omnicef have a long enough half life for the double dose once a day to be effective, or should I go on with the substantially less convenient twice a day?

 

Thanks to everyone for your help. Dr. B has told us we should go ahead and do IVIG since it is likely our insurance will cover it. I would still like to see at least some positive response to some PANDAs thing before we go to that point.

 

Lynn

 

One of my daughter's pediatrician prescribed 10 days of Omnicef. She said that for strep throat, she likes to break it up into 2 doses...I think it is optional--I went with it because it makes sense to me to keep the blood levels more stable. We had good results with that protocol...her neurologist kept it at that. My daughter has been on 150mg 2x/day since the end of Feb. I believe it was key in helping with this most recent PANDAS episode.

 

I don't know if once a day is just as good...we stuck with what worked. Good luck!

Edited July 12, 2010 by Kayanne