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Google is not much help this morning. I can't seem to find a Chewable Fever Reducer for children with NO artificial color. Everything that comes up in the searches has colors.
The liquid is high in fructose corn syrup and I rather avoid all the sugar, especially in the middle of the night when it's a quick wake up, take these, and go back to sleep. With liquid, he has to sit up and wake more up. Neither of my kids like the flavors of the liquid either. They rather chew chalky stuff.
If your child doesn't have an actual allergy to artificial colors, sometimes you have to decide which is worse, the fever or consuming something with artificial colors.
My kids don't like the flavor of any medicine either...I tell them it's medicine, not candy, it's not supposed to taste good. But putting the liquids in the fridge usually helps them taste a lot better.
If your child doesn't have an actual allergy to artificial colors, sometimes you have to decide which is worse, the fever or consuming something with artificial colors.
I gave him chewables Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as his fever was as high as 104, and the doctor couldn't figure out what he had beyond a "head cold". Through these days and the weekend we just had, he was crazy wild, and off the walls. He had a horribly bad reaction to the multiple days of artificial color, and I don't want that to happen the next time. It's not an allergic reaction, per se, but it's a major behavior issue and he was not very liked in our house the past few days.
Looks like going back to liquid is the only way to go right now.
Maybe a compounding pharmacy could make something for you. If they can make medicine for dogs into a chewable, beef flavored treat, I would think they could make something dye-free and chewable for kids.
We used liquid, dye-free Motrin for our kids - two are sensitive, one isn't. Even the liquid was hard to track down. Why is it even necessary to make a child's medicine red, pink or purple? It seems like they should start there in terms of regulating how much dye kids get.
Ask your doctor if you can give him half of an adult tablet, or whatever dose they recommend. The tablet is 325mg, half would be 162.5mg. The children's oral suspension is 160mg in 5ml.
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