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Albuterol My 4 month old son was given the usual dosage for wheezing, the smallest dosage they had. Obviously it was way too much because after about the 3rd dose throughout the day he was so hyper and moving sporadically, his heart was racing then his eyes started rolling to the back of his head. It was very scary. The doctors decreased the dosage to only a quarter of the vial. Then we decided to just switch to Xopenex. NO side effects/ PARENTS with BABIES and SMALL CHILDREN I highly reccomend using Xopenex instead of Albuterol.!!!!
Singulair My son ,23 months old, started on Singulair this past spring 06, after pulmicort wasnt doing the trick at taking away his sick asthma. Singulair has worked thus far, but I have noticed if I forget to give it to him, the next day he is irritable and miserable. It doesnt seem coincidental anymore because over the summer I tried cutting back a little on the meds because typically illnesses occur during the winter months. And he seemed to be more irritable every time i cut back. I will be going to his specialist soon and discuss this with him. Hopefully we have a better winter this year and he can be off all his meds soon. Also, he will not go to sleep if I give it to him at night, I use it after his afternoon naptime.