Re: Questioning Periactin??????

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<< After 2

>days of starting Periactin he became a whole new boy. It has been 4

months. He

>has gained 4 pounds! We no longer feed him. He asks for meals. >>

This is such an amazing story! I keep hoping that our daughter will turn

around on the Periactin too! I could be mistaken but it seems to me that the

success stories I have read and heard about seem to be for toddlers and older

children. Has anyone had success with the Periactin for an infant or 18

month old child?

My daughter is 19 months old and is actually becoming more difficult

to feed after her evening dose of Periactin (She is actually on

Cyproheptadine), not to mention being generally cranky, a little dopey

looking and all around not her usual cheerful/adorable self. This is our

second attempt with Periactin, she developed reflux the first go around at 14

months and so we stopped the Periactin and began treatment of the reflux with

Zantac first, then Zantac and Cisapride. I hate the idea of giving my

daughter three medicines -- two in hopes that the third will work? Am I

alone here?

(Mom to - 19 months, 14lbs 6ozs, 27 1/2 in, Zantac, Cisapride,

Periactin)

[Guest guest]

,

Although my son is now 11 years old, I can remember experiencing the same

things with Periactin that you are now experiencing. What our doctor

recommended was halving the dose that made him tired and dopey. We did that

for two weeks, then added another 25% for two weeks. Finally, after a

month, he was able to take the full dose at night. Then we had to do the

same for the morning dose. It took about two months to get him up to the

twice a day prescribed dose.

I hope this helps!

Jodi

Re: Questioning Periactin??????

>From: Lequiz@...

>

>

><< After 2

> >days of starting Periactin he became a whole new boy. It has been 4

> months. He

> >has gained 4 pounds! We no longer feed him. He asks for meals. >>

>

>This is such an amazing story! I keep hoping that our daughter will turn

>around on the Periactin too! I could be mistaken but it seems to me that

the

>success stories I have read and heard about seem to be for toddlers and

older

>children. Has anyone had success with the Periactin for an infant or 18

>month old child?

>

>My daughter is 19 months old and is actually becoming more

difficult

>to feed after her evening dose of Periactin (She is actually on

>Cyproheptadine), not to mention being generally cranky, a little dopey

>looking and all around not her usual cheerful/adorable self. This is our

>second attempt with Periactin, she developed reflux the first go around at

14

>months and so we stopped the Periactin and began treatment of the reflux

with

>Zantac first, then Zantac and Cisapride. I hate the idea of giving my

>daughter three medicines -- two in hopes that the third will work? Am I

>alone here?

>

>

>(Mom to - 19 months, 14lbs 6ozs, 27 1/2 in, Zantac, Cisapride,

>Periactin)

>

>>

[Guest guest]

,

only takes prilosec once a day. It is in a capsule form . We open

the capsule and add it to whatever he is eating for lunch. As for the

propulsid, I really dont think it changed anything since we started it after

seeing Dr. H. As for the periactin, I still dont know for sure if it

actually works because some days Josh

eats better than others. Right now we are keeping a daily diary for one week

to see how many calories he actually eats. Talking about being difficult. Try

saying he had one bite of a cheeseburger , 6 fries, and a handful of potato

stix. I am driving myself nuts trying to figure how many calories he takes

in. We did this before when was 1 and it was much easier when he ate baby

food and only drank 16 ounces of formula. Anyway I am rambling and you can

count on me calling you this week

because I just feel better knowing Im not the only one going through this.

I can tell your driving yourself crazy with all this too. Will we ever

know if we are doing the right thing by giving our children all this

medication?

Talk to you soon!

[Guest guest]

,

We too tried Periactin or it's generic when our son was quite young --

somewhere around 15 months give or take. We had so little success that

we pulled him off of it. It had just changed his personality so much, we

couldn't stand what it was doing to our sweet, always happy and energetic

little boy. We had actually tried the way Jodi suggested at the start --

with half a dose and gradually increasing it, but unfortunately his body

never adjusted to it.

Years later, the doctor who prescribed it admitted to us then that

starting it that early was " iffy " ...something about that he was a

borderline age for being able to start it.

Good luck with it, and do try to stick it out for at least 6 weeks,

starting with a smaller dose if needed. When we started him on it again,

(I think that it was about 3 years old or so), it did take a full 6 - 8

weeks until his body adjusted to it, and the benefits outweighed the side

effects. It has been working quite well for us for the past 2 years or

so, but just recently we have started to notice that it is not quite as

effective as it had once been.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I don't know if this helps, but our had been on Zantac for a year before

we started Periactin. I too, was concerned about mixing all those medicines.

However, our doctor told us that we should definitely NOT stop Zantac. She

claims that Periactin will actually exacerbate reflux. I haven't heard anything

about this anywhere else, nor has shown signs of greater irratibility. I

have found that the timing of giving the periactin and the zantac seems to be

important. Using our doc's advice, we started giving the Periactin and then

waiting to see how long it took for to suddenly show any interest in food.

Only then did we begin serving the meal.

Good luck,

Katy

[Guest guest]

,

Here's a hint when keeping a food diary and trying to figure out those

calories for 2 french fries, 2 teaspoons of yogurt, etc... invest in a

diet scale. They can be had for $5 or less in most places and it really

makes things a lot easier. Most packages indicate serving size in cups

and grams, and I found it was much easier to calculate calories by

weighing out the grams at seving time and what was left over. Of course

some things will be hard no matter what and you have to figure that 2

bites might be 1/16 or 1/32nd of a hamburger!!!!

Good Luck.

P.S. I agree it is nerve-wracking to always be second guessing ourselves

if all these meds are the right thing for our kids!

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<< Anyway I am rambling and you can

count on me calling you this week

because I just feel better knowing I'm not the only one going through this.

>>

,

Thanks and I look forward to your call! You are right, somehow it makes it

all so much easier to know you are not alone. It is like in sharing you get

twice the strength.

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for the advice on the scale. I guess and I will be out

in the morning to pick one up. I also inquired to local medical equipment

suppliers about a scale to weigh my son at home. They really charge alot for

infant scales. I dont know if it will be a good investment or just another

thing to worry about. I would probably have him on it 2x a day. It seems to

me the more he eats the more he goes to the bathroom. Anyway he is still

mommys angel.

Does anyone know the amount of calories our children should take based on

their weight? The last I read was 120 cal/kg.