Just a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down

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It sounds like you found a way to get the medicine down. So that is great and

all that counts. Whatever works and don't worry about the small amount of sugar

it takes to make it happen. The overall benefit is much more important. This

is how we did it in case it is easier for you. I would mix the crushed medicine

in Mocha Mix non-dairy ice cream or sorbet and put it on a teaspoon. (The Mocha

Mix Ice Cream is in with the other ice creams at stores where we live.) Then I

would give it to my son and follow it with a water chaser. Frozen foods tend to

make your taste buds not as sensitive so the bitterness is not as bad.

When he was older this is how I taught him to take pills. I would cut the pills

into small pieces and surround them in the ice cream and put them on a spoon.

Once again follow it with a water chaser. Eventually when he was ready, we

eliminated the ice cream. Hope this helps!

Marcia

wrote:

We just saw Dr. Goldberg this week & are very excited to start giving

our son his valtrex... the problem is, he's 3 & doesn't know about

swallowing pills. Any suggestions, recommendations would be very much

appreciated. For now, we have " cut " the pill into the dosage amount

(to the best of our ability) and put it in a muffin & let him chew &

swallow it. Our pharmacist said she didn't see anything in the

literature about problems with crushing the pill to take it.

Thanks!