Re: first time needing antibiotics.

[Guest guest]

Today was not a good one here. My son, who I have managed to keep

healthy for 5 years and antibiotic free has strep throat. We went

through the list of every antibiotic to see if any were gfcf. The

problem is that if they were, they had soy or other fillers in them that

he is allergic to. I spent 6 hours on the phone between doctors and

pharmacies and manufacturers. The final verdict was a shot in the butt

of bicillin. I have no idea if it is gfcf, but reading the ingredients I

saw nothing that jumped out at me that did with the other drugs like

zythromax. He cannot have sulfur drugs due to egg allergy. Plus, he

will not take any liquids without an enormous chasing around the house

and restraining him, which I did not relish for the next 10 days. The

only thing in bicillin that caught my eye was the soy lecithin to which

he is also allergic. We stayed at the hospital to make sure he didn't

have a reaction. The only thing we saw was 10 minutes after the shot, he

became aggressive, hitting and pinching us. Today I started out very

excited knowing I had help as I have been cooped up with 2 kids with

strep all week. I, of course, had to cancel all help as he is still

contagious.

Phyllis K.