Behavior problems

[Guest guest]

Is it flavored? If your son is a patient of Dr. G, the only acceptable

flavorings are grape and orange (my compounding pharmacy and I didn't know

this, so I randomly chose bubble gum and my son was a wreck for weeks until

Dr. G told me orange or grape only).

Are you washing the blue dye off the valtrex? It seems like an insignificant

amount, but it was enough to make my son a wreck ;-(

(Blue Valtrex dye AND bubble gum flavoring made our lives %?#@ for weeks).

I don't have experience with compounded valtrex, but I've heard it is just

not effective.

My son now swallows pills of all shapes and sizes. Before that, I checked

with both Dr. G and the pharmacist about making my own compound by

dissolving 1 tablet with carefully measured 8 cc of purified water, then

giving my son the appropriate amount after the pill completely dissolved

(some dissolve much faster than others). I still do this with certain

prescriptions that call for odd portions of a tablet that would be difficult

to obtain with a pill cutter, such as 3/8 or 5/8. My son takes these

carefully measured amounts with an oral syringe or one of the medicine

spoons you can get from most pharmacies.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Vicki

Eisen

Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:47 PM

Subject: Re: Behavior problems

Hi My son is also experiencing big behavior issues. He has been on valtrex

for 2 months and we just got the rx for diflucan. I think he has severe

yeast issues and that is why he's been so extreme lately.

My question, is it ok to give liquid non-compounded fluconazole? When I

called CVS and asked for the ingredients, I was concerned about aluminum and

wanted to make sure there were no metals, she claimed there weren't any.

However she listed titanium dioxide or sulfide and i said to her isn't

titanium a metal? She said oh yes but it's perfectly safe in this form. I

haven't given it to Jake yet. Should I get this compounded? & nbsp; What is

the better way to give this medication to our kids?

Vicki

& gt; Hello everyone,

& gt; I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavioral problems with

& gt; their child after stopping valtrex? My daughter recently had her

& gt; first appt. with Dr.Goldberg. He took her off valtrex to start her

& gt; on Famvere. She has been getting very agressive and having more

& gt; tantrums then usual. It worries me because she has become violent

& gt; towards her 3 year old sister when she is in one of her rages.

& gt;

& gt; When we saw doctor Goldberg I mentioned to him that she had been

& gt; regressing now for several weeks. She just turned 5 but as Dr. G

& gt; mentioned she is at a 3 year old level. If anyone has any

& gt; suggestions on how to deal with her agression/behavior can you

& gt; please advise.

& gt;

& gt; As for many of you, this has been a very difficult thing for me to

& gt; deal with and I Just don't know how to handle her tantrums anymore

& gt; as I myself have gotten hit by her when she is going through them.

& gt; So again any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, May

& gt;

& gt;

[Guest guest]

HI Vicki,

Thanks for sharing your situation. My daughter Kiley is also on diflucan. She

was given the compounded form of flucanozole. She seemed to do well on it. It

helped a little with her stomach issues but she is also taking acidopholus to

help as well. Dr.G did say it was okay to give it to her so that rested my mind

a bit on that one.

As far as her behavior issues I talked to Juarez, who is a family

therapist and assists families with autistic children etc. and we discussed a

way to maybe help with her behavior issue. I asked her if it was okay to have an

object that she could hit and take her agressions out on. So I bought her a pink

pillow(favorite color) with a boot on it (found it at target for $2.00) and I

told her that when she was upset or angry that she had to hit the pillow and not

her sister or herself.

She has had several tantrums today and has been throwing stuff around. Her sleep

habits have also changed again. She has been staying up late then waking up in

the middle of the night and not going back to sleep. She was on valtrex 500mg

once a day and diflucan 40mg once a day. Dr.G said that dosage was not enough to

make any effect and he felt that that could be one reason she is regressing. He

felt that all that did was stir up the virus in her system even more. That is

why he changed it to Famvere.

Anyhow, hopefully this new anti viral will work soon and I will see a change in

her.

Take

care, May

---- Vicki Eisen <vickieisen@...> wrote:

> Hi My son is also experiencing big behavior issues. He has been on valtrex for

2 months and we just got the rx for diflucan. I think he has severe yeast issues

and that is why he's been so extreme lately.

> My question, is it ok to give liquid non-compounded fluconazole? When I called

CVS and asked for the ingredients, I was concerned about aluminum and wanted to

make sure there were no metals, she claimed there weren't any. However she

listed titanium dioxide or sulfide and i said to her isn't titanium a metal? She

said oh yes but it's perfectly safe in this form. I haven't given it to Jake

yet. Should I get this compounded? & nbsp; What is the better way to give this

medication to our kids?

> Vicki

>

>

>

> & gt; Hello everyone,

> & gt; I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavioral problems with

> & gt; their child after stopping valtrex? My daughter recently had her

> & gt; first appt. with Dr.Goldberg. He took her off valtrex to start her

> & gt; on Famvere. She has been getting very agressive and having more

> & gt; tantrums then usual. It worries me because she has become violent

> & gt; towards her 3 year old sister when she is in one of her rages.

> & gt;

> & gt; When we saw doctor Goldberg I mentioned to him that she had been

> & gt; regressing now for several weeks. She just turned 5 but as Dr. G

> & gt; mentioned she is at a 3 year old level. If anyone has any

> & gt; suggestions on how to deal with her agression/behavior can you

> & gt; please advise.

> & gt;

> & gt; As for many of you, this has been a very difficult thing for me to

> & gt; deal with and I Just don't know how to handle her tantrums anymore

> & gt; as I myself have gotten hit by her when she is going through them.

> & gt; So again any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, May

> & gt;

> & gt;

>

>

[Guest guest]

Titanium Dioxide is the pigment in the pill. It's what makes it

white. If you have it compounded, it will be the same thing as

compounding it is simply crushing the pill and adding it to a liquid

suspension. The Rx liquid suspension isn't any different from a

special compound except having it compounded will only provide you

with options as far as making it sugar free.

I would give it however you have it and start asap. 2 months on

Valtrex with no antifungal is hard.

Cheryl

On Jun 9, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Vicki Eisen wrote:

> Hi My son is also experiencing big behavior issues. He has been on

> valtrex for 2 months and we just got the rx for diflucan. I think

> he has severe yeast issues and that is why he's been so extreme

> lately.

> My question, is it ok to give liquid non-compounded fluconazole?

> When I called CVS and asked for the ingredients, I was concerned

> about aluminum and wanted to make sure there were no metals, she

> claimed there weren't any. However she listed titanium dioxide or

> sulfide and i said to her isn't titanium a metal? She said oh yes

> but it's perfectly safe in this form. I haven't given it to Jake

> yet. Should I get this compounded? & nbsp; What is the better way to

> give this medication to our kids?

> Vicki

>

>

>

> & gt; Hello everyone,

> & gt; I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavioral problems

> with

> & gt; their child after stopping valtrex? My daughter recently had her

> & gt; first appt. with Dr.Goldberg. He took her off valtrex to start

> her

> & gt; on Famvere. She has been getting very agressive and having more

> & gt; tantrums then usual. It worries me because she has become violent

> & gt; towards her 3 year old sister when she is in one of her rages.

> & gt;

> & gt; When we saw doctor Goldberg I mentioned to him that she had been

> & gt; regressing now for several weeks. She just turned 5 but as Dr. G

> & gt; mentioned she is at a 3 year old level. If anyone has any

> & gt; suggestions on how to deal with her agression/behavior can you

> & gt; please advise.

> & gt;

> & gt; As for many of you, this has been a very difficult thing for

> me to

> & gt; deal with and I Just don't know how to handle her tantrums

> anymore

> & gt; as I myself have gotten hit by her when she is going through

> them.

> & gt; So again any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks,

> May

> & gt;

> & gt;

>

>

[Guest guest]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Kristy Nardini wrote:

> Is it flavored? If your son is a patient of Dr. G, the only acceptable

> flavorings are grape and orange (my compounding pharmacy and I

> didn't know

> this, so I randomly chose bubble gum and my son was a wreck for

> weeks until

> Dr. G told me orange or grape only).

>

> Are you washing the blue dye off the valtrex? It seems like an

> insignificant

> amount, but it was enough to make my son a wreck ;-(

>

> (Blue Valtrex dye AND bubble gum flavoring made our lives %?#@ for

> weeks).

>

> I don't have experience with compounded valtrex, but I've heard it

> is just

> not effective.

>

> My son now swallows pills of all shapes and sizes. Before that, I

> checked

> with both Dr. G and the pharmacist about making my own compound by

> dissolving 1 tablet with carefully measured 8 cc of purified water,

> then

> giving my son the appropriate amount after the pill completely

> dissolved

> (some dissolve much faster than others). I still do this with certain

> prescriptions that call for odd portions of a tablet that would be

> difficult

> to obtain with a pill cutter, such as 3/8 or 5/8. My son takes these

> carefully measured amounts with an oral syringe or one of the medicine

> spoons you can get from most pharmacies.

>

> Kristy

>

> From: [mailto: ] On Behalf

> Of Vicki

> Eisen

> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:47 PM

>

> Subject: Re: Behavior problems

>

> Hi My son is also experiencing big behavior issues. He has been on

> valtrex

> for 2 months and we just got the rx for diflucan. I think he has

> severe

> yeast issues and that is why he's been so extreme lately.

> My question, is it ok to give liquid non-compounded fluconazole?

> When I

> called CVS and asked for the ingredients, I was concerned about

> aluminum and

> wanted to make sure there were no metals, she claimed there weren't

> any.

> However she listed titanium dioxide or sulfide and i said to her isn't

> titanium a metal? She said oh yes but it's perfectly safe in this

> form. I

> haven't given it to Jake yet. Should I get this compounded? & nbsp;

> What is

> the better way to give this medication to our kids?

> Vicki

>

>

>

> & gt; Hello everyone,

> & gt; I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavioral problems

> with

> & gt; their child after stopping valtrex? My daughter recently had her

> & gt; first appt. with Dr.Goldberg. He took her off valtrex to start

> her

> & gt; on Famvere. She has been getting very agressive and having more

> & gt; tantrums then usual. It worries me because she has become violent

> & gt; towards her 3 year old sister when she is in one of her rages.

> & gt;

> & gt; When we saw doctor Goldberg I mentioned to him that she had been

> & gt; regressing now for several weeks. She just turned 5 but as Dr. G

> & gt; mentioned she is at a 3 year old level. If anyone has any

> & gt; suggestions on how to deal with her agression/behavior can you

> & gt; please advise.

> & gt;

> & gt; As for many of you, this has been a very difficult thing for

> me to

> & gt; deal with and I Just don't know how to handle her tantrums

> anymore

> & gt; as I myself have gotten hit by her when she is going through

> them.

> & gt; So again any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks,

> May

> & gt;

> & gt;

>

>

[Guest guest]

Vicki, are you washing the blue dye from the Valtrex? Also, we get

Diflucan compounded from Friendly hills because of the red dye.

Argie

On Jun 9, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Vicki Eisen wrote:

> Hi My son is also experiencing big behavior issues. He has been on

> valtrex for 2 months and we just got the rx for diflucan. I think he

> has severe yeast issues and that is why he's been so extreme lately.

> My question, is it ok to give liquid non-compounded fluconazole?

> When I called CVS and asked for the ingredients, I was concerned

> about aluminum and wanted to make sure there were no metals, she

> claimed there weren't any. However she listed titanium dioxide or

> sulfide and i said to her isn't titanium a metal? She said oh yes

> but it's perfectly safe in this form. I haven't given it to Jake

> yet. Should I get this compounded? & nbsp; What is the better way to

> give this medication to our kids?

> Vicki

>

>

>

> & gt; Hello everyone,

> & gt; I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavioral problems

> with

> & gt; their child after stopping valtrex? My daughter recently had her

> & gt; first appt. with Dr.Goldberg. He took her off valtrex to start

> her

> & gt; on Famvere. She has been getting very agressive and having more

> & gt; tantrums then usual. It worries me because she has become violent

> & gt; towards her 3 year old sister when she is in one of her rages.

> & gt;

> & gt; When we saw doctor Goldberg I mentioned to him that she had been

> & gt; regressing now for several weeks. She just turned 5 but as Dr. G

> & gt; mentioned she is at a 3 year old level. If anyone has any

> & gt; suggestions on how to deal with her agression/behavior can you

> & gt; please advise.

> & gt;

> & gt; As for many of you, this has been a very difficult thing for me

> to

> & gt; deal with and I Just don't know how to handle her tantrums

> anymore

> & gt; as I myself have gotten hit by her when she is going through

> them.

> & gt; So again any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks,

> May

> & gt;

> & gt;

>

>

[Guest guest]

This approach also worked for my son, now 7. Just removing them to a less

stimulating environment seems to help and then allowing them to decide when to

come out, gives them some measure of control.

Good luck

Robyn

Cristina <cristina5211@...> wrote:

My son is five and he does get up set. When this happens we get down

to his level and tell him that this is not ok. He he doesn't stop we put him in

his room on his bed for a time out. The kids may act as if they don't

understand, but they do. When we sit him on the bed, we let him know again that

it is not ok and when he is ready he can come out. We leave the door open to be

sure he isn't hurting himself. The first few times, he would come out of his

room and start throwing the tantrum. We would then just take him back in his

room and sit him on the bed and tell him again that it isn't ok and when he was

ready he could come out. It took a long time, but he got it. Now he goes in

there when we tell him to go and will sit and play with a toy to clam down or

even lay on his bed. I have never seen Dr. G, and my son is not on any med, but

I thought maybe this could help you.

Thank you,

Cristina

parent to 5 yr old austic,xyy boy

Behavior problems

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavioral problems with their child

after stopping valtrex? My daughter recently had her first appt. with

Dr.Goldberg. He took her off valtrex to start her on Famvere. She has been

getting very agressive and having more tantrums then usual. It worries me

because she has become violent towards her 3 year old sister when she is in one

of her rages.

When we saw doctor Goldberg I mentioned to him that she had been regressing now

for several weeks. She just turned 5 but as Dr. G mentioned she is at a 3 year

old level. If anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with her

agression/behavior can you please advise.

As for many of you, this has been a very difficult thing for me to deal with and

I Just don't know how to handle her tantrums anymore as I myself have gotten hit

by her when she is going through them. So again any suggestions would be GREATLY

appreciated. Thanks, May