I've heard of people giving their children benadryl to get them to sleep why what does it do?
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Dear Abby just had something about that.
http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20060623
DEAR ABBY: I have two active boys who are 8 and 2 1/2. We are going on a 12-hour road trip to a family wedding. I shared with my mother-in-law that I am dreading the long ride and am trying to think of ways to keep the boys occupied. We have a DVD player and are taking books, toys, etc. on the trip.
I was shocked to hear my mother-in-law suggest that I give the boys Benadryl to put them to sleep. This is not the first time I have heard someone say this. Is this common practice? My husband and I would never do such a thing. Isn't that child abuse? -- APPALLED IN FREMONT, CALIF.
DEAR APPALLED: I would certainly call it child endangerment. Children should not be given medications without a doctor's prescription. If I were you, I'd start that trip at night, when the children are normally sleeping. And bring along lots of things to keep them entertained. I would also schedule stops at regular intervals so they don't get cabin fever. But drug them? Never.
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its an allergy medicine that makes them drowiness people have gone to jail for giving them too much also
It is an antihistamine. Tylenol PM for children also contains antihistamines.
Anyway, antihistamines generally make people drowsy.
It is done so the parent(s) have time for themselves because the child is knocked out or extremely lethargic.
Its a real cruel thing to do. Any medication given without a proper reason is bad and too much of benadryl is bad too.
Benedryl is effective for many symptoms. Mainly allergies. But benedryl has an active ingredient that tends to make you drowsy. Now, they're (docters) are giving benedryl for nausea.
First of all, don't take medical advice from "Dear Abby". She's not a physician. She's just a delusional busy-body who thinks people care about her erroneous opinions.
Secondly, Children's Bendadryl is an OTC med and available at most all grocery or drug stores.which means that good ol' Abby is out of gas on that whole thing about only giving children prescription medications. It is an anti-histimine used to treat allergic reactions or nasal congestion and widely available in name brand and generic forms. (As are LOTS of children's decongestants.)
My mom used to give it to us as kids anytime we went on an airplane. She found out, (the hard way), that kids are very susceptible to ruptured ear-drums during airplane trips. Ever since then, she gave it to us to diminish whatever congestion we might have during air travel. And the fact that it also knocked us out was just icing on the cake for the fellow travellers. But my mom has also been a nurse for over 35 years. She knows what Benadryl does to children and has never once worried about any ill affects.
If you're going to use any meds on your kids, just make sure to abide by the dosing guidlines printed on the bottle or box. If you choose to alter the dosages, make sure only to do so under a physician's advice.
And for god's sake, don't take medical advice from Dear Abby. Sheesh.
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