Re: taking Cimetidine

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In a message dated 9/12/2006 9:56:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

tlrebel@... writes:

Thanks for the reply,... Now my next dilema is How did you get your child to

take the medicine??? I have tried putting it in her juice, milk and she wont

drink it and I am not about to physically hold my child down twice a day and

force it down her throat. I tried that yesterday and she gaged and spit it

right out and cried so bad for the next 15 minutes. She is only 18 mths. any

suggestions?

How about asking your doctor if you can get the pills and crush them up in a

spoonful of applesauce or ice cream? Thank goodness Sammy can now swallow

pills, as she has always had a terrible time taking liquid medicines. More

often than not she throws up. BTW, when we had her Rx filled, we ended up with

Cimetidine tablets from two different manufacturers because that's what the

pharmacy had. One of them had a green coating that would have make it

difficult to crush, but the others are plain white tablets, so if you go the

pill

route, be sure to let the pharmacy know you plan to crush them so they can

give you the right kind.

Good luck!

--Lori (mom to Sammy, 6.5, JRA/uveitis/??/ulcerative colitis??)

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" How about asking your doctor if you can get the pills and crush them up in

a

spoonful of applesauce or ice cream? "

Hello! Unfortunately this idea may not work either. Our pharmacist went over

this with us well and Jonah only takes 1/2 a pills worth twice a day. The

pills are not scored for splitting and thus are not split well. So we

debated crushing versus the liquid. Crushing it and putting it in any food

in MUCH worse tasting than the liquid. Believe me we crushed one and tried

it at the pharmacy. I would stick with the liquid and just do the best you

can. I get Jonah a cup of his favorite drink and then we put the medicine

down and he chases it with his drink quickly. I think I'm lucky as Jonah is

older and can understand more that he has to take it. Good Luck! I hope you

find a way to do it without trauma. We've had to hold him down and force

medicine in the past, sometimes it's just what you have to do to get it down

it's better that than the sickness.

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, who I even had to fight with to take tylenol, does pretty well

with the cimetidine.

He takes a gulp of apple juice before and after taking the liquid.

He seems more insistent on taking the juice immediately before, I guess it

kind of

coats his mouth and helps disguise the taste.

Ellyn

Mom of (Periodic Fever) (5),

Alyssa(8), and Kate(4)

Philadelphia, PA

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:01:14 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time),

wrote...

Another suggestion that came from our pharmacist is to sweeten the

liquid with artificial sweetner-works for .

Kris

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In a message dated 9/15/2006 9:13:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

loritodaro@... writes:

The Pharmacist can add a sweetner-actually a flavor

that you choose....do NOT add anything to any meds on

your own! Also, just a suggestion....some meds, such

as prednisone, are avialable in pill form and it goes

down great with yogurt or pudding! So....you do what

you have to do and make the most of it!

Just a note about the flavoring---I do it for my son with his cimetidine and

this should only be done by your pharmacist. So far we have had coffee,

then cherry and soon to start bubblegum. No matter how you flavor cimetidine it

is awful and bitter. The flavoring book even states that cimetidine is very

bitter and adding flavor will make it palatable at best The bitter taste

lingers after the medicine is swallowed. and to add 1 packet of equal for

every

30ml ( 1 oz) of liquid.

Orapred will soon be available ( if it hasn't arrived already!) in a 15mg

orally disintegrating tablet. I believe it will be grape flavored, but I

forget. I haven't seen it yet. I don't know if it is able to be broken in half

for

smaller dosing or not. Hopefully that could help with that one.

[Guest guest]

The Pharmacist can add a sweetner-actually a flavor

that you choose....do NOT add anything to any meds on

your own! Also, just a suggestion....some meds, such

as prednisone, are avialable in pill form and it goes

down great with yogurt or pudding! So....you do what

you have to do and make the most of it!

Good luck and God Bless.

Lori

--- Krisandra Warren <kwarren@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:01:14 -0400 (Eastern Standard

> Time),

> wrote...

>

> Another suggestion that came from our pharmacist is

> to sweeten the

> liquid with artificial sweetner-works for .

>

> Kris

>

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The pill is available,,,I just called the pharmacist because I needed to pick up

an orapred prescription and they said they have it.

Trish

chelsmommy@... wrote:

In a message dated 9/15/2006 9:13:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

loritodaro@... writes:

The Pharmacist can add a sweetner-actually a flavor

that you choose....do NOT add anything to any meds on

your own! Also, just a suggestion....some meds, such

as prednisone, are avialable in pill form and it goes

down great with yogurt or pudding! So....you do what

you have to do and make the most of it!

Just a note about the flavoring---I do it for my son with his cimetidine and

this should only be done by your pharmacist. So far we have had coffee,

then cherry and soon to start bubblegum. No matter how you flavor cimetidine it

is awful and bitter. The flavoring book even states that cimetidine is very

bitter and adding flavor will make it palatable at best The bitter taste

lingers after the medicine is swallowed. and to add 1 packet of equal for every

30ml ( 1 oz) of liquid.

Orapred will soon be available ( if it hasn't arrived already!) in a 15mg

orally disintegrating tablet. I believe it will be grape flavored, but I

forget. I haven't seen it yet. I don't know if it is able to be broken in half

for

smaller dosing or not. Hopefully that could help with that one.

[Guest guest]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:55:59 -0700 (PDT), Lori Todaro wrote...

Just wanted to clarify that the pharmacist told me to add the sweenter

at home and assured me it was stable in the meds. The adding of

flavoring did not improve taste prior to her telling us to do this.

Just wanted people to know that this was not something I DECIDED to add

on my own.

Kris ( mother of julia successfully taking Cimetidine since January)

[Guest guest]

Did adding the sweetner help? Did you add sweetner yourself if so how much, or

did you have the pharamcists do it. i am still debating on whether or not to

start her on the medicine but now I think I definitely will. She came down with

another fever tonight. She has been getting them every 12 days since the end of

July when we started her on the Pediapred. I don't think I want to give that to

her anymore because it is def. making her fevers closer together and my Dr. said

that this was a myth. I don't think so......

Krisandra Warren <kwarren@...> wrote: On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:55:59

-0700 (PDT), Lori Todaro wrote...

Just wanted to clarify that the pharmacist told me to add the sweenter

at home and assured me it was stable in the meds. The adding of

flavoring did not improve taste prior to her telling us to do this.

Just wanted people to know that this was not something I DECIDED to add

on my own.

Kris ( mother of julia successfully taking Cimetidine since January)

Tammielee

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On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:45:04 -0700 (PDT), Tammielee Rebel wrote...

Hi,

I added 2-3 packets per 250 ml of medicine. The pharmacist told me to

add however much it took to improve the taste. It worked for us, she

definitely found the taste better. Good luck! This medication has

been a God send for our family.

Kris (mother of julia age 6)