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My son had croup and bronchitis, he was prescribed the albuterol ...

Posted at 11:23 PM on Feb 13, 2009 by pansarivas, #38942
My son had croup and bronchitis, he was prescribed the albuterol 1 full vile 3 times a day for the 1st 3 days then 2 viles for 2 days each day then on the last day just 1 vile. I was advised by the pharmacist that it might make by 5 month old a little shaky. NOT THE DOCTOR which i think she should have told me something about the side affects of a 5 month old. I had never heard of this stuff or what it was for all i knew is it was a breathing treatment. I finished giving my baby the 6 days of albuterol and now that today is the last day he took it I cant seem to calm him in any way, he cant go to sleep, all he does is cry, he wont eat, he's always irritated, restless and IF i can get him to nap, its about 10-20 mins. its AWFUL to see my baby act like this, sometimes when i gave him the treatment and i was holding him i would end up inhaling the albuterol since he was sitting right in front of me i would feel hot flashed ( mind you i would inhale VERY little) i would also feel dizziness hours after inhaling it. however i never noticed it and never paid attention to it. not till today that i noticed my childs behavior did i decide to investigate this stuff. I will NEVER give this to my baby again. I should have been advised about all this however i was not. also my fault as a mother i should have investigated it before i gave it to my child as i trusted the doctor. =(
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 21, 2009 by middlechild, #18305

Well, would you rather your child be anxious, or have your child be unable to breathe?
The answer is obvious. You will likely give your child albuterol again and again through the years. Take my word for it, I have three children. When the first one got croup we rushed her to the hospital, they gave her breathing treatments. When the second child got the croup, we rushed her to the hospital, they gave her breathing treatments. When my son came down with the croup last night, we just gave him the treatments ourselves. You'll calm down as your baby ages and you have more children.
Take my word for it: albuterol is a MIRACLE-it stinks that it made your baby upset, but at least it worked.

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