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Orange Triaminic...

AbinormalAbinormal member
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Does anybody know why this medication isn't recommended for children under 6 years old? There isn't a cough suppressent in the medication. Just a decongestant. The two active ingredients are an antihistamine (chlorpheniramine) and a nasal decongestant (phenylephrine HCI). I know toddlers aren't supposed to have a cough suppressent, but there isn't one in this medication. The reason I ask is because DD has been miserable from her allergies and my mother gave her half a dose of the orange Triaminic (1 tsp) and she sounds better and seems to be feeling better than she has in a week. My mom gave her the medicine because it was what he gave us as kids. I am not upset, since it hasn't seemed to affect DD in a bad way, I'm actually just wondering if I should continue to give it to her. It's working better than anthing else we've tried!! 

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  • LoCarbLoCarb member
    I'm not sure if its the ingredients that are not recommended or if it's the dosing. There are plenty of OTC medications my dr allows at his prescribed dosage. I would call your pedi and ask. FWIW-DD2 has to take Zyrtec daily; that may be an alternative to Triaminic.
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    imagecmeon_the_water:

    https://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-19/health/coldmed.fda_1_cold-medicines-liquid-medicines-pediatric-cough?_s=PM:HEALTH

    Old news- but, it sure does suck to have a sick kid and not be able to do anything about it. I will say, though, that our pediatrician okayed a small dose of basic Robitussin for our 4yo when he was having a really bad cough, the kind that kept him up at night for multiple nights- and I swear it helped. 

    Oh, and it's the phenylephrine HCI.

    Thanks! I had done a google search, but wasn't able to find concrete info about the orange Triaminic . I remember pretty much living on this stuff as a kid, lol! It was my mom's remedy for just about any little sniffle. Which is why she didn't really think it was a big deal to give it to DD. At least she was smart and halved the dosage. 

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  • AbinormalAbinormal member

    imagefredalina:
    My pedi is okay with benadryl which is the antihistamine portion. I wouldn't do phenylephrine though.

    Yeah, I think I might get some actual benadryl tomorrow. 

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