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Can I Give Pepto To My Child For Vomiting?
My 3yr old daughter has Hypoplastic left heart syndrome and has had 4 open heart surgeries, but to look at her she is otherwise very healthy and active.... she started throwing up last night and this morning... I ran out of her zofran RX and we are out of our area and her docs, but I couldn t remember if it was alright to give her a dose of childrens pepto
Tue, 10 May 2016
Hi..ANTACIDS ARE NOT GOING TO HELP. YOU NEED TO GIVE HER ANTIEMETICS. I DO NOT THINK THIS VOMITING IS BECAUSE OF GASTRITIS. IT IS VERY RARE IN THIS AGE GROUP.
YOU CAN GIVE HER DOMPERIDONE OR ONDANSETRON. BUT BOTH ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND YOU WILL NEED A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION FOR THEM.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
YOU CAN GIVE HER DOMPERIDONE OR ONDANSETRON. BUT BOTH ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND YOU WILL NEED A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION FOR THEM.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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