Antibiotic ingredients

[antonia]

Needing to try an antibiotic for my daughter. Thought I would list ingredients and see if anybody sees a red flag? The doctor and pharmacist did not really know.

Active ingredient: amoxicillin as the trihydrate

Inactive ingred:

Colloidal silicon dioxide
Crospovidone
FD&C Red No. 30 aluminum lake
Hypromellose
Magnesium stearate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Polyethylene glycol
Sodium starch glycolate
Titanium dioxide

Description:
Each film coated, capsule shaped, pink tablet is debossed with AMOXIL centered over 500 or 875 respectively.

The pink coating makes me nervous...

[colormist]

Found this: www.rxlist.com/amoxicillin-drug.htm

Looks like the pills are safe but the powder is not. Dye used for food is typically safe (it's just food coloring).

I had to take these pills when I had strep throat. Not a fun time at all.

[lucky]

Antonia,

Ask your pharmacist / specialists to look into:


1./
Antibiotic: * BIAXIN *


We're in Canada and as of a few years ago, it was the only fructose free "children's" antibiotic at the time. At that point, Amoxicillian (*liquid*) contained fructose as a stabilizing ingredient.

(We were told that sometimes fructose (in meds) is used as a sweetener for flavouring and/or other times as a stabilizer/preservative. Most commonly this is found in children's products, but occasionally also in adult meds that are in pill form.)

Although BIAXIN is often thought of as "stronger", it's not quite. It's just that it has a broader spectrum for killing more kinds of infection. A bit of an overkill, perhaps, but highly effective. And when needing to avoid fructose, sometimes options are limited.

My son has used it for strep throat and the occasional ear infection.

Just keep in mind that nowadays many physicians are also recommending a course of probiotics after (or perhaps along with) antibiotics to protect the gut.

Antibiotics work by killing bacteria and in so, can indescrimately kill good bacteria along with the bad. Our guts desperately need good bacteria to function properly and safely.

Here's the one we still use. It is phenomenal for any infant / child or adult with gastro issues/disorders or just for health maintenance.

It was recommended by our Gastro specialist at our Children's Hospital.


2./
Probiotic drops: * BIOGAIA *

Biogaia
www.biogaia.com

Biogaia - Canada
biogaia.ca/products


* But remember:

As with any suggestions on this site, please confirm with your child's specialists that current ingredients (in any medication) are HFI safe in your area. Sometimes ingredients change with time, or have slight differences from country to country.

[antonia]

Thank you for the tips. We are ditching the tablets I listed. Was able to find a capsule with similar ingredients to the one you showed me, Colormist, although a different brand. Capsules have significantly less ingredients than tablets, especially given we just sprinkle interior contents into something and don't consume the exterior capsule. She can't swallow a big capsule like that, the taste is horrible, but she is a trooper about things like that.

Thank for showing me that probiotic Lucky. I did not think a probiotic existed out there without sugar!! I'm going to discuss with our GI and Natropath team. We'll be seeing them soon. I will keep that other antibiotic in my files as well in case we find ourselves in a pickle for an appropriate antibiotic in the future.

I sure hope this does the trick. We have been in a bad way since Christmas, Palmera has not been back to school since winter break. She's been having trouble swallowing and it has been difficult for her to eat. We've gone hypo several times because of it. Tested for strep and it was negative. Trying the antibiotic for possible sinus infection as she complains about phlegm in her throat and nasal cavity too. If this does not help than we will have to venture into the land of EoE, which is an allergic flare that occurs in the esophagus. Just let me tell you, if you're ever feeling sorry for yourself about having HFI/FBPase Deficiency hang out with some EoE folks for a while. It makes fructose intolerance sound like a blessing. So please, keep us in your thoughts/prayers..... We don't want to have EoE!!! Especially in combination with hypoglycemia. Not a good situation. Freaking out about to be completely honest.

[stefaniebillette]

I've had my pediatrician order everything for me from a compounding pharmacy and I had them list sugar/syrups as an allergy so they add no syrup or sugars to any Rx. So I had ibuprofen and an antihistamine made for him without any of these added, and I keep it on hand at all times. If he ever needs to get an antibiotic, I would go there as well.