Re: Valtrex: how get in 3 doses/ how get to swallow Stan?

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Hi Bruce,

My son just turned four years old and has huge oral sensory issues

so I thought swallowing pills would never happen. Last time we took

him to the ENT, his tonsils were a 4+ (scale 0-4) so there isn't

much room back there for things to go down anyway.

Anyway, I had a friend who taught her 3yr old to swallow pills using

lauricidin (little pellets). My son's DAN wanted him on lauridicin

prior to antivirals so I started with just a pellet of laurcidin

three times a day (put it in a little paper cup and let it slide

down and chase it w/ juice - the only time a day he gets anything

other than water) and quickly worked up to 1/2 scoup 3xday. After

that I added his smallest supplement and so on. After a few weeks

he can now swallow 1/2 scoup of lauicidin, 1/2 valtrex, and two

other small/medium pills at the same time. He takes a TON of stuff

and some are quite large, so I don't know how far we will get. I

have been impressed that he will do any of them! I give him his

last dose of valtrex prior to bed but once he gets more comfortable

with this, I may wake him to give it when I do his LDN.

hope this helps.

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> Our ASD son is 5 1/2 years old (70 lbs) and we have been doing

biomedical for three years without much luck. We started with GFCF

diet and have been doing SCD for about the last eight months. We

started Diflucan (50mg) two weeks prior to Valtrex and then began

Valtrex (500mg 2x a day) about two week ago. Our son has broke out

in small rash near his mouth, which I hope is a good sign, but no

apparent gains (or regressions) yet.

>

> First our son doesn't swallow pills, so usually we crush them

and put them in a drink with other supplements, vitamins, etc. The

Valtrex makes the drink distasteful and he won't drink it. Instead,

we put it in applesauce with amino acid supplements (which are also

distasteful) and have him eat the spoonful of applesauce, with a

struggle, and then chase it with a bite of banana. Is there a better

way?

>

> Second, Stan I know you think that three doses (250mg) per day,

eight hours apart is much better than twice a day. We would like to

do this, even at a lower overall daily dose (750mg vs 1000mg). How

do we give it to him every eight hours, without waking him up to

give him the third dose? Also, he is in school during the day, how

do we give him the second dose?

>

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[Guest guest]

We did it at meals, which is spread correctly for the time he is awake rather

than ever 8

hours. I wouldn't wake your child.

- Stan

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> Our ASD son is 5 1/2 years old (70 lbs) and we have been doing biomedical for

three

years without much luck. We started with GFCF diet and have been doing SCD for

about

the last eight months. We started Diflucan (50mg) two weeks prior to Valtrex and

then

began Valtrex (500mg 2x a day) about two week ago. Our son has broke out in

small rash

near his mouth, which I hope is a good sign, but no apparent gains (or

regressions) yet.

>

> First our son doesn't swallow pills, so usually we crush them and put them

in a drink

with other supplements, vitamins, etc. The Valtrex makes the drink distasteful

and he

won't drink it. Instead, we put it in applesauce with amino acid supplements

(which are

also distasteful) and have him eat the spoonful of applesauce, with a struggle,

and then

chase it with a bite of banana. Is there a better way?

>

> Second, Stan I know you think that three doses (250mg) per day, eight hours

apart is

much better than twice a day. We would like to do this, even at a lower overall

daily dose

(750mg vs 1000mg). How do we give it to him every eight hours, without waking

him up

to give him the third dose? Also, he is in school during the day, how do we give

him the

second dose?

>

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[Guest guest]

We did it at meals, which is spread correctly for the time he is awake rather

than ever 8

hours. I wouldn't wake your child.

- Stan

>

> Our ASD son is 5 1/2 years old (70 lbs) and we have been doing biomedical for

three

years without much luck. We started with GFCF diet and have been doing SCD for

about

the last eight months. We started Diflucan (50mg) two weeks prior to Valtrex and

then

began Valtrex (500mg 2x a day) about two week ago. Our son has broke out in

small rash

near his mouth, which I hope is a good sign, but no apparent gains (or

regressions) yet.

>

> First our son doesn't swallow pills, so usually we crush them and put them

in a drink

with other supplements, vitamins, etc. The Valtrex makes the drink distasteful

and he

won't drink it. Instead, we put it in applesauce with amino acid supplements

(which are

also distasteful) and have him eat the spoonful of applesauce, with a struggle,

and then

chase it with a bite of banana. Is there a better way?

>

> Second, Stan I know you think that three doses (250mg) per day, eight hours

apart is

much better than twice a day. We would like to do this, even at a lower overall

daily dose

(750mg vs 1000mg). How do we give it to him every eight hours, without waking

him up

to give him the third dose? Also, he is in school during the day, how do we give

him the

second dose?

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