Diarrhea Medicine which are NOT FOR CHILDREN

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Diarrhea Medicine which are NOT FOR CHILDREN

Lomotil (Diphenoxylate and atropine): This medicine inhibit the digestive excessive motility, usage of this medicine in younger children may cause toxicity such as respiratory depression, coma and even permanent brain damage, do not use this medicine for children especially children below 5 years old!

Medicine Charcoal: medicine charcoals are widely used as an absorber during diarrhea to clean out any toxic or any irritating gases in the digestive tract, however due to the non-selectivity of this charcoal, everything include the beneficial proteins, nutrient will be absorb too, long term usage of medicine charcoal will lead to mild nutrition in children.

Fluroquinone group antibiotic: it is a strong antibiotic to kill the bacteria such as e.coli, salmonella in the digestive tract, however numerous side effects have been recorded in reference to the unapproved use of fluoroquinone in the children, it should not be use by children.