Re: Sue/Steph-Duocal-OTC

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Dear Sue & Stphanie,

Thank you for your informative resonses. Thank goodness a

has begun to eat again. I think she was doing that normal 4 year old

stage of... oh, I'll just exist on air for a while. Now, when her

older brother went through such stages we were always fine with it

because he can afford the weight loss. But, we all know how a little

bit of weight loss for the RSS child is extreme and hurts mom & dad

because we celebrate every bit of a weight gain! I may still try the

Duocal to boost carbs & fat, since she is not big at all on any

flavor of pediasure.

Sincerely,

Diane

mom to a, 4, RSS, UPD7, 35in., down to 24lbs.:-(

and , 6 1/2

> 'Super soluble Duocal is useful as an energy enhancer in tube feeds

and sip

> feeds. Due to its bland nature, it can be incorporated easily into

normal

> foods where there is a requirement for extra calories.'

>

> Ingredients: Dried Glucose Syrup, refined veg oils (maize,

coconut,)

> fractionated cocnut oil, emulsifiers E471, E472e.

>

> Nutritional Info. per 100g

> Energy 492 kcals

> Protein nil

> Carbs 72.7 as sugars 6.5

> Fat 22.3 g

> Fibre nil

>

> Energy Distribution Fat 41% Carbohydrate 59%

>

> Diane & Sue,

> Just copied the above off a tin of Duocal for you info - it might

help?

>

> Sapphire was prescribed Duocal when she was 'malnurished'

personally I

> didn't rate it. We were prescribed it free of charge but a 400g

tin was

> priced at £20 in the UK. Obviously, I have a concern with the

nutritional

> value of EVERYTHNG! and personally didn't feel that this product

provided

> much more than glucose powder approx 40 times cheaper with a little

added

> fat, canola oil or similar.

> Please make your own decision and hope that my typing of the info is

> correct.

> One of the reasons Sapphire was prescribed Duocal was because of

a 'lactose

> concern' without this concern she would have had pediasure to boost

her

> calorific intake.

> Hope it helps

> Kindness always

> & Sapphire 22 months RSS 18lbs and 78cm

> Re: Sue-Duocal-OTC

>

>

> > Diane,

> >

> > Yes, Duocal is OTC, but from what the nutritionist said, you get

it

> > by contacting a supplier. She only knows of one supplier and

gave me

> > phone number, address, and website. www.graeber.com

> >

> > You might be able to get your pharmacist to order it for you, but

why

> > not cut out the middle man.

> >

> > Sue

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