too easy a way out!! (Phenergan)

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Product:	Phenergan
Date:	08/09/00 (775 review reads)
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Advantages: good antihistamine

Disadvantages: dangerous

Phenergan is very widely misused and misunderstood.
I beg you not to use it to sedate your children, it is actually an anti-histamine. To the best of my knowledge thankfully it now is not available over the counter.
Many parents use it to help get a nights sleep by sedating babies and young children, to do so is dangerous as it may mask or hide real illnesses such as febrile convulsions etc.
It is not even recommended for babies, please read the labels.
I am speaking from a bad experience, my ex-wife used to give my daughter it when i worked nights to get her to sleep, so she could have peace, and would then give her more when she woke up, its so easy to fall into a trap of anything for peace.
She would hide it around the house and keep buying it when i threw the other out.
Single mothers may be at risk of using it because of stress.
Its dangerous to misuse it so please beware, a healthy child cries not just a poorly one. And yes my daughter suffered with febrile convulsions and i nearly lost her.

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