confused--Peptamen vs Peptamen Jr

[Guest guest]

I am so confused. Ashton's GI doc switched him from Peptamen Jr to

regular Peptamen. I am looking at the new cans and they don't have

any more calories than the Peptamen Jr. The only major difference I

see is that Peptamen has more protein. Can anyone shed some light on

this and how this is supposed to help my 3 yd old gain weight?

mom to Ashton wcf, g-tube fed

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Protein helps to build muscle and muscle weighs more than fat, so maybe that is

why they put him on the regular peptamin? started out on peptamin jr but

they switched her to peptamin 1.5 (higher in protein and calories, I think) I

hope this helps some.

mom of 5 with CF

confused--Peptamen vs Peptamen Jr

I am so confused. Ashton's GI doc switched him from Peptamen Jr to

regular Peptamen. I am looking at the new cans and they don't have

any more calories than the Peptamen Jr. The only major difference I

see is that Peptamen has more protein. Can anyone shed some light on

this and how this is supposed to help my 3 yd old gain weight?

mom to Ashton wcf, g-tube fed

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