Actually, I am going to share this because the idea of filling an empty capsule with an icky med is a good one. I have heard it suggested but have not previously known any one who actually did it. Any more comments? Vicki Brenda Morey wrote: > > hi Vicki, > I am "just a mom" lurking here on the pedtalk list, I am interested in > general pediatrics because my 15 year old daughter has cystic fibrosis. We > are in an HMO type plan for our health care needs and therefore we must go > through a primary care doc in order to get referrals for my daughter to see > the specialists she needs to see--ie peds pulm, peds GI, peds ENT, those are > the three most important for her individually. > > Regarding the nasty tasting pills issue, and pred is about the yuckiest she > has needed to take excepting maybe some liquid baby antibiotics ie: amox and > pediazole--thats so disgusting but fortunately she got a rash while on it at > approx age 2 so shes been declared allergic to it--shes ok with Biaxin and > shes fine with septra so I doubt its even an allergy anyways but since it > was so gross it sounded good to me :). > > Well shes been swallowing pills whole since shes been about 2 1/2 --three > years or so and so when pred is needed -- not real often fortunately > although she did need it for around 4 or 5 months once for treatment of > abpa---we seem to have kicked butt on that nasty actor as its no longer > detectable on sputum culture. there for we have needed a yucky med ie pred > I simply stick it into an empty gelcap--the type the pancrease comes in > works perfectly fine--and shes swallowed it with no problem since that age, > like I said of 2 1/2-3 or so. We used chewable childrens tylenol if needed > for pain or fevers and since shes weighed enough for the regular caplets > shes swallowed those whole just fine no problem--- we have gotten all meds > in pill form whenever possible since she was 2 1/2 or so too. > > just a note from a mom, share if youd like to, > > Brenda > mom of 2 teens, son age 17 and daughter age 15 with CF > -----Original Message----