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Liquid Ethosuximide - Suggestions to improve taste for child
Fri, 10/07/2016 - 23:45Topic: Medication Issues
Hi,
My 5 year old daughter is on several meds but liquid Etho is proving to be a challenge to administer. Anyone have advice on how to make it taste better for a 5 year old to take 6.5mls twice a day? Originally we were mixing with cherry syrup from the hospital but she hated it and it really didn't seem to help. Currently we are using grape juice which helps a little but it's still great negotiating to get it administered.
Welcome any suggestion that have worked for others. Not sure we can give this med up since she has myoclonic and absence seizures :(
I took a liquid med with
Submitted by katydid64 on Fri, 2016-11-11 - 15:09
I took a liquid med with Hershey's syrup when I was six or seven years old; I got a bitter aftertaste. Ask your pharmacist about flavorings that offered for liquid meds.