Pentasta


Posted by: lglambert , Feb 28,2008,21:27  


Does anyone give their child Pentasta and mix in w/ something? My son will not swallow the capsules as they are large. I was thinking we could open the capsules and put the insides in apple sauce.

Thanks,

Lynda (Kyles Mom)

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Re : Pentasta --- lglambert
Posted by: Laura D. , Feb 29,2008,15:28 Top of Thread


My son was just a baby really so we put it in a 10ml oral syringe with ensure. This way it went right down and he did not chew any of them. He also would not eat anything else.

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Re : Pentasta --- lglambert
Posted by: tammy , Feb 29,2008,15:03 Top of Thread


We used chocolate icing.It had a stringer taste and was thicker so he did not know it was in there.

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Re : Pentasta --- lglambert
Posted by: mom2tandj , Feb 29,2008,08:20 Top of Thread


My 12 year old can't even swallow those big pills, and his doctor said it was fine to break them up and put in applesauce. However, he isn't crazy about them mixed with applesauce so we have been mixing it in Jello. He calls it his "jellicine".

Carla

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Re : Pentasta --- lglambert
Posted by: LindaJ , Feb 28,2008,22:57 Top of Thread


Yes, we used to open my daughters pentasa and put it in applesauce. We used to get three pills on one spoon of applesauce. We would put a coating of sauce in the bowl of the spoon, open the capsules and then cover it with a layer of more applesauce. We put the first layer of applesauce down to keep the little beads from rolling around on the spoon. We did this for quite a while and it worked great.

Best of luck!

LindaJ CD & Stephanie UC (15 dx 3/03)

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Re : Pentasta --- lglambert
Posted by: KimS , Feb 28,2008,22:44 Top of Thread


We used to do that for Joel. The GI said it was fine. Every doctor is different though, some don't think you should.

Kim
Joel 11 CD
Humira, azathioprine, prevacid, fish oil


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Re : Re: Pentasta --- KimS
Posted by: ellen2 , Feb 29,2008,01:17 Top of Thread


Ours was one of the docs who was not into this. He said there hadn't been any studies of the safety or effectiveness of the pills opened, so wouldn't recommend pentasa for my son (then 2) until he could swallow pills, which was not until he was 5. I called the company directly, and this was also their position at that time (6 years back). Maybe they have more data now. I'm sure at least they have more experience doing things this way. All the best, Ellen

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Posted by: Razzle , Feb 29,2008,04:57 Top of Thread


I had a doctor and pharmacist who both said opening the capsules and taking the contents of the capsule with applesauce was ok as long as I didn't chew any of the beads - apparently, the beads are individually enteric coated (unlike Asacol, which cannot be opened).

The company who makes Pentasa sells the granules by themselves in a sachet elsewhere in the world, just not here in the US. See http://www.ferring.com/en/therapeutic/gastro/Products.htm

-Razzle (Adult w/ ?CD, Lyme, etc.)


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Re : Re: Pentasta --- KimS
Posted by: lsiggy , Feb 28,2008,23:32 Top of Thread


Hi Kim...ditto for us. Applesauce was the way to go until one day, finally, Casey was able to swallow pills.
Good luck!
Linda