Piriton

[MummyE87]

Hi,

My son has allergies and have tried piriton, the first time he was rolling around all over and pretty upset with himself.

I gave him some yesterday and he was literally climbing the walls! Tipple tails, bouncing around!!! Has anyone had the same?

If so has anyone else tried another brand? Don’t feel comfortable giving it to him again as it was rather distressing to see.

I called the pharmacy and the advised that they have their own brand which states ‘sugar free’, however piriton the named brand doesn’t state this. Wondering if it was like a sugar hit!

Thanks in advance.

It always used to send DS to sleep, it even knocks me & DH out!

@Totallyworthit well this is what they told me at the doctors, however it seems to have had the opposite effect! It makes me sleepy so thought it would do the same. Nope.

I have called boots and their own brand is sugar free, might have to try that!

Might be a reaction to the colouring too. (Caveat I've moved to a country which doesn't sell portion except tablets and I can't remember the colour). You can also see if you can get a non drowsy allergy relief medication as it's a different drug (which we buy here and works fine)

It can have the opposite effect on some children and make them hyperactive!
Try Cetirizine Hydrochloride which is non drowsy. You can also find it under the brand name Piriteze.

Thank you for the replies.

I've since read the leaflet (backwards I know), Piriton states can cause hyperactivity in children, Boots own brand states can cause excitement in young children. So I'm guess he is one of the few. Tried both as the same main ingredient but boots is sugar free and wondered if that was the issue.

It's a trip back to the doctors as feel too wary to try anything else. Just difficult to get appointments etc. I may call the HV for some advise in the meantime.

Thanks

My little boy was really drowsy and not himself off Piriton. Tried loads of different ones but we now use Benedryl (Citirizine) at night.

My DC gets hyperactive with piriton. Also with Oramorph (given as a sedative in hospital once!) We just give her a different type of antihistamine.

I had both reactions with DD - hyperactive one time, drowsy and quiet the next.

We were told 3 or 4 years ago that the guidance was to give piritese (sp?) And not piriton as it was less likely to make someone drowsy which could be masking the symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction