RE: Pain Medication and teething

[Guest guest]

Laurie,

Ibuprofen may be the answer. It is an anti-inflamatory that gives better

pain relief. Tylenol works great for fevers, but ibuprofen works better for

pain. But, I don’t know if you can find it in a liquid form without sugar.

There may be a diabetic liquid ibuprofen. Check with your doctor or his/her

nurse for the correct dose for Logan’s age.

Rhonda (mom to Shan)

Pain Medication and teething

Hi everyone. Does anyone know of a keto friendly pain medication to

use for a 23 month old. Logan is having a terrible time getting his 2

year molars. He has had an awful time with each and every tooth he

has gotten. I have been given him feverall and it might work or take

the edge off for a short time. He is up alot at night. So....fever,

pain and poor sleep of course are giving him seizures eventhough his

ketones are fine. (is not as bad as before the diet) Also no changes

have been made. I want to call his pediatrician to get something

stronger. Any ideas would be appreciated for pain and sleep.

Thanks..........

Laurie and Pete

[Guest guest]

Thanks Rhonda.... I wasn't thinking he could have Motrin. But it is

in the Book. So, I am going to try it. Also, Thanks to all of you

for your help and advise. Especially Bill and Cammie............

We have had a really bad few days with seizures and teething. We had

to use the Diastat. Do you think it can give rebound seizures after

using it about 4 times in 2 weeks?

Laurie

> Laurie,

>

> Ibuprofen may be the answer. It is an anti-inflamatory that gives

better

> pain relief. Tylenol works great for fevers, but ibuprofen works

better for

> pain. But, I don't know if you can find it in a liquid form

without sugar.

> There may be a diabetic liquid ibuprofen. Check with your doctor

or his/her

> nurse for the correct dose for Logan's age.

>

> Rhonda (mom to Shan)

>

> Pain Medication and teething

>

> Hi everyone. Does anyone know of a keto friendly pain medication to

> use for a 23 month old. Logan is having a terrible time getting his

2

> year molars. He has had an awful time with each and every tooth he

> has gotten. I have been given him feverall and it might work or take

> the edge off for a short time. He is up alot at night. So....fever,

> pain and poor sleep of course are giving him seizures eventhough his

> ketones are fine. (is not as bad as before the diet) Also no

changes

> have been made. I want to call his pediatrician to get something

> stronger. Any ideas would be appreciated for pain and sleep.

> Thanks..........

> Laurie and Pete

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Laurie,

I missed the first round of your post, sorry. Motrin (or Advil)

is by far our first choice for pain and fever. Both of my girls were

bothered by teething, and motrin was really the only thing that gave

them relief. My 4 year old daughter (not on the diet) has had a

couple of febrile seizures, one was particularly nasty. Needless to

say, we are scared every time she shows any sign of fever. We

usually alternate Tylenol and Motrin when necessary, but Motrin works

the best by far for their fevers, too. Hope those molars hurry up

and grow so they'll leave him alone!

Can't help with the diastat questions. I carry it in my purse

for my 4 year old, but thankfully we haven't had to use it.

Best wishes,

Glenna

> > Laurie,

> >

> > Ibuprofen may be the answer. It is an anti-inflamatory that

gives

> better

> > pain relief. Tylenol works great for fevers, but ibuprofen works

> better for

> > pain. But, I don't know if you can find it in a liquid form

> without sugar.

> > There may be a diabetic liquid ibuprofen. Check with your doctor

> or his/her

> > nurse for the correct dose for Logan's age.

> >

> > Rhonda (mom to Shan)

> >

> > Pain Medication and teething

> >

> > Hi everyone. Does anyone know of a keto friendly pain medication

to

> > use for a 23 month old. Logan is having a terrible time getting

his

> 2

> > year molars. He has had an awful time with each and every tooth he

> > has gotten. I have been given him feverall and it might work or

take

> > the edge off for a short time. He is up alot at night.

So....fever,

> > pain and poor sleep of course are giving him seizures eventhough

his

> > ketones are fine. (is not as bad as before the diet) Also no

> changes

> > have been made. I want to call his pediatrician to get something

> > stronger. Any ideas would be appreciated for pain and sleep.

> > Thanks..........

> > Laurie and Pete

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Glenna,

I went to the drugstore this evening. Every brand of ibuprofen

(motrin) has alot of sugars and starch in them. Children's and

adults. I am not sure what to do. What brand do you use? Or did you

buy it special. OHH.... I can't wait for these molars to come in!!!.

Thanks,

Laurie

-- In ketogenic , jgmsteele@y... wrote:

> Hi Laurie,

> I missed the first round of your post, sorry. Motrin (or Advil)

> is by far our first choice for pain and fever. Both of my girls

were

> bothered by teething, and motrin was really the only thing that

gave

> them relief. My 4 year old daughter (not on the diet) has had a

> couple of febrile seizures, one was particularly nasty. Needless

to

> say, we are scared every time she shows any sign of fever. We

> usually alternate Tylenol and Motrin when necessary, but Motrin

works

> the best by far for their fevers, too. Hope those molars hurry up

> and grow so they'll leave him alone!

>

> Can't help with the diastat questions. I carry it in my purse

> for my 4 year old, but thankfully we haven't had to use it.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Glenna

>

>

>

>

> > > Laurie,

> > >

> > > Ibuprofen may be the answer. It is an anti-inflamatory that

> gives

> > better

> > > pain relief. Tylenol works great for fevers, but ibuprofen

works

> > better for

> > > pain. But, I don't know if you can find it in a liquid form

> > without sugar.

> > > There may be a diabetic liquid ibuprofen. Check with your

doctor

> > or his/her

> > > nurse for the correct dose for Logan's age.

> > >

> > > Rhonda (mom to Shan)

> > >

> > > Pain Medication and teething

> > >

> > > Hi everyone. Does anyone know of a keto friendly pain

medication

> to

> > > use for a 23 month old. Logan is having a terrible time getting

> his

> > 2

> > > year molars. He has had an awful time with each and every tooth

he

> > > has gotten. I have been given him feverall and it might work or

> take

> > > the edge off for a short time. He is up alot at night.

> So....fever,

> > > pain and poor sleep of course are giving him seizures

eventhough

> his

> > > ketones are fine. (is not as bad as before the diet) Also no

> > changes

> > > have been made. I want to call his pediatrician to get something

> > > stronger. Any ideas would be appreciated for pain and sleep.

> > > Thanks..........

> > > Laurie and Pete

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

> Glenna,

> I went to the drugstore this evening. Every brand of ibuprofen

> (motrin) has alot of sugars and starch in them. Children's and

> adults. I am not sure what to do. What brand do you use? Or did you

> buy it special. OHH.... I can't wait for these molars to come in!!!.

> Thanks,

> Laurie

>

Laurie,

The med list I was given when we initiated the diet states that

Motrin chewable, 50mg tablets have 0.28g. carb. 100mg tablets have

0.54 carb. Is that level too high to calculate into Logan's diet

temporarily? If you think it is, my thought would be to use adult

strength Motrin. The carb is very small -- I think it has corn starch

as a binder, but very little. I have the value somewhere, but I

can't find it. We use the caplets but Motrin comes in another form,

too... tablets or capsules??? Anyway, you could crush the caplet (or

open a capsule) and make a solution with water. Give Logan a third

or fourth of that, depending on the dose you want, and mix it in a

spoonful of applesauce.

Our daughter had a terrible time with teething, too, when she was

Logan's age. Motrin worked well for her, but I gave it to her

continuously for 3-4 days. I also used Hyland's teething tablets.

They helped, too, but I suspect they might have a significant amt. of

carb. If you have a health food store or Wild Oats market you might

check them out if you're interested. Maybe Hyland's has a website by

now.

Good Luck. I'm sure things will get better again, once those molars

are in.

Cammie

[Guest guest]

Hi. After last night and this morning. I am going to give him the

motrin. We have room to add the carb from the motrin as we never

added it back in after the topamax was completely weaned. I can't

tell you haw awful it has been but I am sure you all

know..........Also I saw Hylands and it has additional sugars so that

is out for now. His pediatrician said to use the over the counter

teething medicine before tylenol with codiene. They have lots of

sugar sorbital and others. I told her but she said try it first. I

reread the labels(again) and I am not using it. Thanks for the motrin

data........

Laurie

> > Glenna,

> > I went to the drugstore this evening. Every brand of ibuprofen

> > (motrin) has alot of sugars and starch in them. Children's and

> > adults. I am not sure what to do. What brand do you use? Or did

you

> > buy it special. OHH.... I can't wait for these molars to come

in!!!.

> > Thanks,

> > Laurie

> >

>

>

> Laurie,

>

> The med list I was given when we initiated the diet states that

> Motrin chewable, 50mg tablets have 0.28g. carb. 100mg tablets have

> 0.54 carb. Is that level too high to calculate into Logan's diet

> temporarily? If you think it is, my thought would be to use adult

> strength Motrin. The carb is very small -- I think it has corn

starch

> as a binder, but very little. I have the value somewhere, but I

> can't find it. We use the caplets but Motrin comes in another

form,

> too... tablets or capsules??? Anyway, you could crush the caplet

(or

> open a capsule) and make a solution with water. Give Logan a third

> or fourth of that, depending on the dose you want, and mix it in a

> spoonful of applesauce.

>

> Our daughter had a terrible time with teething, too, when she was

> Logan's age. Motrin worked well for her, but I gave it to her

> continuously for 3-4 days. I also used Hyland's teething tablets.

> They helped, too, but I suspect they might have a significant amt.

of

> carb. If you have a health food store or Wild Oats market you

might

> check them out if you're interested. Maybe Hyland's has a website

by

> now.

>

> Good Luck. I'm sure things will get better again, once those

molars

> are in.

>

> Cammie

[Guest guest]

Hi Laurie,

We've given my keto daughter children's chewable Advil. She has

rarely had a fever in the 2 years she's been on the diet, so we've

only used it once or twice for her. I know some kids can be bothered

by the aspartame, and it does have mannitol and starch. She was

never bothered by it, but you might not want to take a chance. There

may be a diabetic version, it would probably be something you'd have

to ask the pharamacist about...I doubt they'd have it on the shelf.

You could also consider crushing an adult tablet (won't have the

sweetener stuff), but you probably will need to have the pharmacist

calculate the correct dosage of that for him. I know you and your

husband are both in the medical field, so you may know how to figure

the dosage on your own.

I know it won't help you with Logan, because he won't be able to

take the oral liquid Motrin, but a friend of mine used to rub some

Motrin on her kids gums for teething pain. Her pediatrician

recommended it, and they both swore by it. I can't see how it would

help, but if it worked, who cares? Maybe you can pass that tidbit on

to someone else who might need it down the road!

Good luck!

Glenna

> Glenna,

> I went to the drugstore this evening. Every brand of ibuprofen

> (motrin) has alot of sugars and starch in them. Children's and

> adults. I am not sure what to do. What brand do you use? Or did you

> buy it special. OHH.... I can't wait for these molars to come in!!!.

> Thanks,

> Laurie

>