I'm hoping maybe there is someone out there with a medical/pharmacist background that could enlighten me a little bit. I finally found an OTC medication that is helping my now 4 yr old's winter allergies out fabulously. Only draw back is always having to pour the liquid, make sure I get enough, drop a whole dose on the floor (last night) when it would be so much easier to just give him the tablets.
the children's claritin tablets were awesome, but just didn't work for him. What I am having a hard time understanding is why the Children's Allegra fast disolving tablets dosing instructions say under 6 of yrs age do not use. Usually it has ask your doctor or an instruction similar to that. This clearly states do not use. However when you compare the dosage amount, and instructions its exactly the same for the liquid form. Am I missing something? I quickly asked a pharmacists at Walgreens and she assured me the dosaging is the same. I walked out confident alright I'm going to go ahead and just give him the tablets---then when I went home I started second guessing again. There has to be a reason right?
BTW there shouldn't be any choking restriction with these it literally crumbled in my hand.
The children's liquid dosing instructions for 2-12 yrs states give 5 ml every 12 hours. there is 30 ml of Fexofenadine/ 5 ml
children's tablets for 6-12 yrs to give 1 tablet every 12 hrs. Each tablet contains 30 ml of Fexofenadine--and to give on an empty stomach?
Thoughts anyone willing to take a stab at why the difference or why the exclusion?
I have found that most of the time my pharmacist knows MORE about the medications I am considering than my doctor. Go with what the pharmacist said.
its probably because they can be confused for candy.
The packaging says not to give to kids under a certain age because parents were giving too much to children and/or to infants. This is why they stopped making anything for babies.
The pharmacist will have more knowledge about it then the doctor because this is what they studied in school.
I have some medical background but as a mom I go by the weight of my child not the age. Unless the ingredients are different between the liquid and tablets then the dosage should stay the same. They say to take it on an empty stomach so the body will absorb it faster.
If you are still concerned then take both packages to the pharmacist and ask again or a different one.
I have a little bit of medical background and im a mom. I have found that it is really down to the dosage amt, (you said the amt of med is the same in the liq and pill?) If this is the case, than it shouldn't matter about what form it comes in. I know its very confusing, b/c the packages do clearly state not to give to kids under 6. From what I have learned they use alot of warnings on childrens medications b/c alot of people over dose their children, and they have to put alot of precautions on the pkg, (just bc accidents happen bc their is alot of dumb people out there). When my daughter was sick with a fever my ped told me to go off the wt for the tylenol dosage bc if i went off the age I was underdosing.
sorry i just what you wrote about the dosing, youre correct, its the same. 1 tab=5ml liquid. im not pos why it says to give on an empty stomach im assuming its ensuring a more accurate amt of medication being absorbed by intestine.
