Have you seen this article on Children's Motrin?

coasterqueen wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=366597


YIKES! I much prefer giving Kylie motrin over tylenol because it seems to work better. Makes me a bit nervous now.

Course I know this is only a media story and all the facts have not been layed out for us...but thought I would share this with you.

MomToMany replied: I'vr read that too somewhere else. I much prefer Tylenol.

coasterqueen replied:
Do you really? May I ask why you prefer it? Is it just that it works better or for other reasons? Sorry I'm just being nosey, lol.

aspenblue1 replied: I checked with her ped. He said it was something that they put in her eyes that had some kind of advil in it. He said giving her motrin through mouth is fine.

booey2 replied: Wow, I didn't know about those risks but I do know that my doctor told me when the boys had the chickenpox to give them tylenol or tempra and not motrin or advil because the same people who make aspirin make motrin and advil. He was leary because the makers of aspirin claimed it didn't cause reyes syndrom and now there is sceptisim regarding the motrin only because it hasn't been around that long.

Edited to say: I prefered advil and motrin because it lasted longer then tylenol.

mckayleesmom replied: We use Tylonol...but not very often. Mckaylee has never been really sick that often. She has only had 1 cold and 1 flu bug.

MomToMany replied: Well, ibuprofen is similar to aspirin, which is linked to Reye's Syndrome in kids (INFO). Tylenol is much safer. But this is just my preference.

Boys r us replied: I've always prefered Motrin to Tylenol b/c it lasts twice as long AND b/c Tylenol can be very dangerous to anyone..be it a child or an adult's liver.

ammommy replied: I switch between the two. Something that many people aren't told is that Tylenol can build up in a child's liver and cause major problems. My ped says not to give Tylenol for more than 5 consecutive days.
Personally, I stick with Tylenol because I have developed a severe allergy to aspirin so I'm leary of ibuprofin.

jcc64 replied: OK, so if I'm understanding aspenblue's dr correctly, the children that suffered blindness were given a topical version of Motrin, applied directly to the eye? That doesn't seem to conincide with the ABC news story. I mean, if a child comes home from school with a fever, a parent wouldn't put the motrin in her eyes. It's a very scary story, but it's left me more confused than anything.
I generally prefer ibuprofen to acetemenophen primarily b/c it seems to last longer and is more effective with higher fevers. I am not concerned about the liver damage from tylenol b/c that involves massive amounts taken repetitively over long pds of time, not the occasional fever. So for now, I guess I'll stick with tylenol until I know more about this story. My brother's a pediatrician, and usually he mocks medical info disseminated in the mainstream press, but I'll ask him anyway.

coasterqueen replied:
I'm right there with you Jeanne! I feel the same as you do. I am left confused. Did this girl in the article receive motrin BEFORE this time or did she only receive it that one time. Because it seems to me that if she was exposed to motrin well before this then maybe the motrin isn't the only cause.

As far as tylenol...any one can get liver damage from it if exposed to it for long periods of time. So I'm not worried about htat either.

If you find out anything let me know .

My2Beauties replied: I heard about this from Brian, he was saying it was on the news the other day, but I always preferred Motrin because it worked faster than Tylenol and lasted twice as long!!! I only give Hanna meds when she is teething though! She never had any bad reactions to Motrin at all

DansMom replied: Wow!! That's scary. I just bought some, thinking it might be better, even though I've always used Children's Tylenol. I've not had any reason to give him medication recently, so the bottle remains unopened. Daniel's only received pain medication 5 times since he was born, for teething or high fever that prevented him from sleeping. I'm going to throw this bottle out and go back to Tylenol.

party-of-six replied: According to my mom and sister who are both in the medical field, you should not use motrin on fevers because it does contain aspirin. I use it ONLY for aches and pains, not for fevers. Tylenol is my old standby.

I may actually throw it out just to be sure it does not accidently get administered now that this news article has been released.

LaurenAnthony replied: I agree this article is quite confusing to the reader. It leaves a lot to be imagined because it is written as a report on the lawsuit itself not the problem at hand.

It is however pretty poorly written, imho, it portrays this as a disease caused by motrin when in reality SJS and TEN are allergic reactions and can literally be triggered by almost any drug.

CCTandME replied: Glad I don't buy Motrin for my girls. There was also another story a while back about Motrin being taken on an empty stomach. I don't remember exactly what, but I want to say the little girl taking it was vomiting blood. It does something to the stomach lining. Anybody else remember this? Maybe someone can explain it better.
I personally don't like to take meds unless absolutely necessary. I do the same for my kids. If they are in pain, have a fever and can't sleep.

claireismybear replied: Wow! I'm glad we use Tylenol. I knew it was safer, but I didn't know why. We really have good results from Tylenol too so I've never really thought about using Motrin. Now I definitely won't think about it! Thanks for the info!

aspenblue1 replied:
I didn't not specifically ask about that little girl only that I had heard something on the news about motrin makeing children blind and if I should stop using it. That is when he said something about the eye drops. Maybe it is a completely different case I am not sure.