Reply With QuoteThe number of people who told me to give it to DD when we flew with her, both at age 9 mths and 20 mths, made me SICK!!!!
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Using phenergen as a convenience
I was just reading the phenergen thread for allergies and it reminded me about a fb status someone was telling me of recently. A woman wrote that she had just dosed the kids up on phenergen so they would sleep through state of origin and she could get drunk.
No point to the thread really, but it just suprises me that people could view medications so flippintly!
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The number of people who told me to give it to DD when we flew with her, both at age 9 mths and 20 mths, made me SICK!!!!
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I was prescribed it for dd who gets hives that claratyne & Zyrtec don't have any effect on and was shocked to read on the dosage instructions on box/bottle the quantities for night time sedation.
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I used to use it on DS because he had allergies and it was the only thing that worked. I have been tempted to use it as a sedative at times lol
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Wow, maybe they realise that there are people out there using it for that kind of thing and the makers felt it was best to put a dosage on so that children aren't overdosed by accident?
Makes me sad that people feel a need to use it that way.
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People use it on plane trips for this exact reason... very common.
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Seriously?
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Yep i know of mothers who dose their kids so they can go out drinking. Its disgusting!
When my DD was 22 months old she became very distraught i could not calm her down, neither could DP and we were out in public it has been the ONLY time i had considered it but with further thinking i changed my mind, we ended up going into a chemist where they suggested a single dose of panadol incase she was in pain.
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Personally (and i work in emergency RN) i always have a bottle of phenergan in the medicine cupboard for antihistamine uses mainly but sometimes i have used it for sedation purposes for my children but very rarely....
Clarytine and Zertec just arent powerful enough and for severe allergies and phenergan stops reactions quickly. Phenergan also works as a antiemetic as in stops nausea/car/travel sickness and safe to use in pregnancies too .... so it is a useful medicine but a MEDICINE all the same....
So yes just to dope your kids up just so you can get drunk and watch tv is disgraceful.... and those parents/guardians reck it for us responsable ones and then we have to ask 20 bloody question for a bottle for the cupboard just in case!!!
Last edited by bubno.3; July 23rd, 2012 at 07:20 PM.
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I've had to use it to sedate my DD prior to having a tooth removed at the dentist. It was the only way we could have her "calm" enough for the dentist to inject the local anesthetic.
It didn't "knock" her out just calmed her down. She was also given it in hospital years ago for sedation prior to a ct scan, as it's more complicated to be working with general anesthetics for her diabetes then simply calming her down a bit and getting the tests done.
I'd never use it just for the sake of it, I prefer to look at other alternatives first.
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I've heard of that, but it's a pretty strong drug to blitz an immature nervous system. I made some Lullaby tea using herbs that nourish the nervous system and gently calm and soothe, and we use it in our house when anyone has trouble settling - from 1 yr old bub to 50 yr old dad and everyone in between. I feel good using this because it doesn't dope you, it nourishes your system and calms you down - I have really good sleeps when I use it and wake feeling rested instead of groggy.
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I've used it on myself for travel sickness and it zonked me out! I would be hesitant to use it unless there was a serious allergy involved! Apparently it can also have the opposite effect in that it sends some kids hyper so that is also something these people need to consider!
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when i was pregnant with my last baby ds3 20 months they gave me endone 5 mg tab (morphine) and a 25mg phenergan tablet to relax and stop my pre term labour which helped and it worked ....
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I used it for dd1 when she was 19 months old as she had mouth ulcers and they were keeping her awake but being distressed all night was making them worse. Two doses and they were gone.
Dd2 just had a week of doses at almost 6. She broke her arm and had extreme tingling in her fingers. After 10 nights of NO sleep it was either that or a mental home for us all!
But even tho I am an RN and could have just got it over the counter I went to a GP to talk it through and make sure I was making the right choice.
BOTH time the dr gave a smaller dose than the bottle! BOTH times I have slept in the room with the sedated child JIC.
I find Zertec works well enough as an anti histamine.
A GP once admitted to me that he gave BOTH his DSs it every night of their first year of life to make sure they slept thru! The boys were thick as and I never used him as a GP again!!!!
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When I was living in Brisbane I had a GP tell me the same thing O.o
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My child is one of the small percent that actually bounce off the walls when they take it. For this reason it is at the bottom of our list of antihistamines (and we have an extensive list) there are many others that we can use without such extreme side effects.
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When I was a teenager my step sister would give it to my niece if I was babysitting, but that was in the 90's
Last edited by littlelara; July 23rd, 2012 at 07:49 PM.
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A GP once admitted to me that he gave BOTH his DSs it every night of their first year of life to make sure they slept thru! The boys were thick as and I never used him as a GP again!!
I can see the justification for it's use -I even understand the plane trip thing, (thought am not sure I would do it) but the case of just for your convenience, I just think it's not on.
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