Re: now acetominphen/paracetamol/Tylenol and glutathion [DownSyndromeInfoExchang

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-Dr. Leichtman said a couple of years ago that an occasional dose of

acetominophen (in his opinion) would not be harmful...but he did not

recommend taking it for prolonged periods of time. He recommended

using Motrin instead of acetominophen

..

In view of the article that was posted about the study that Dr. Jill

did (glutathione depletion and neurotoxicity w/mercury) I would

not give my child acetominophen at all after receiving vaccines, just

to be on the safe side.

(But that is in hindsight...I had no clue about glutathione/Tylenol

etc when Danny was a baby, so I did give it to him quite

regularly...now, I wonder if that was a factor in him being sick so

much (if the glutathione is decreased, that affects immunity)

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> From: Down Syndrome Treatment

> [mailto:Down Syndrome Treatment ] On Behalf Of

> Müller

> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:44 AM

> Down Syndrome Treatment

> Subject: Re: Why loss of appetite?

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> Thanks for the hint, Kathy. Had never heard of that before!

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> What else could we give him then as pain relief/fever drug?

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> Why loss of appetite?

>

> (19Mo/9kg) eats about 700-800g of pureed food per day and hardly

> drinks anything (a little water, but he refuses more). Since last

March he

> has been gaining weight nicely this way. Since the start of July and

since

> it got very hot here (and still is), his temperature went up to 37,5

deg.

> Centigrade (98,6F), sometimes up to 38,1 (100,4F) or even 38,4

(101,12F),

> without any infection symptoms.

> At the same time he started eating less. At first about 200g less

per day,

> but since last Monday, 10th of July, when he got 2 vaccinations

> (dipht./catal./pert. + the 2nd dose of measels/rub/mumps) his

appetite went

> down even more, down to about 350 - bis 450g/day. His nappies have

been more

> or less dry since yesterday, maybe a little wet in the morning. Our

paed.

> thought the elevated temp. and loss of appetite might be caused by

the heat.

> But we're worried, because has already lost 300g in only 6 days,

> without there being any change in sight. We just phoned the paed. on

weekend

> duty and he suggested we give him something (paracetamole) to bring his

> temp. down a bit in order to normalize his appetite.

>

> Is there anything else we should do or will the situation just

resolve by

> itself?

>

> Is it only the heat or the vaccinations?

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>

> Thanks,

> /Switzerland

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