Side effects of Redipred for croup?

My DS2 has croup for the first time. He's almost 11mths old. He's having redipred to treat it. I have noticed last night and tonight he seems to be a bit hyper and it's difficult for him to get to and stay asleep. I dont' think it's the actual croup, or not olny the croup, he's not coughing too much, he's just quite wheezy and it seems a bit hard for him to breathe. I was wondering if redipred might make him kind of twitchy and hyper. That's kind of what he's like, unable to settle or sit still. He's tired and is just refusing to close his eyes, or if he does, I can't put him dwon which is unusual for him. Has anyone else noticed similar symptoms?

Hey hun, I think it's the same as Predmix?? If so, it definitely does have side affects that can include being hyper and difficulty sleeping etc. Hope he is feeling better soon and you can reduce or stop his dose. xoxox

Yeah it'd be the redipred. We were warned that it could hype him up a bit, same with ventolin when we were needing it every few hours. Fortunately it didn't affect my DS much at all in that way. You usually only use redipred for 2-3 days, so hopefully you'll all catch up on sleep soon!

Thanks ladies. I have used the same thing for DS1 and he doesn't get this side effect with it. Thankfully today is his last dose. I'm hoping tonight is a better night though because I'm buggered! He doesn't sleep the best as it is so being hyper is doing nothing for him! Plus right now he's so tired, but hyper and doesn't know what to do withhimself poor little man. I keep trying to get him to sleep but he just can't stay asleep, any little noise or movement is waking him.

Poor little man, never effected DD but have heard it can make some children hypo, hope he's feeling better soon.

Regards,
Dianne

It makes my kids restless and unable to sleep so I always give it to them in the morning. Hope your ds gets better soon.

Yep, my DD is always hyper with it!