Sugar-free liquid acetaminophen or ibuprofen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your DC diabetic? I'm not sure there's enough sugar in 5 mL (or whatever) to be that concerned about it. Or is it an allergy?

BTW, my kid has a dye allergy and I'm thankful that there are dye-free option for all of these.

No, we just avoid processed sugars.

OMG

[Anonymous]

Ok, I went through a brief period of near-orthorexia postpartum and this sounds like the kind of problem I’d try to solve during that time. I am extremely lax now but after some pregnancy loss trauma and during my kid’s first year or two, I was just trying to do the best for her. I don’t think I was severely damaged or a bad parent. Does worrying about processed sugars in rarely-administered meds feel a bit extreme? Sure. But you know, you do you. No harm no foul. Etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. The trolls (troll?) are active here! Surprised they chose this thread to go after. I guess all the quarantining at home has given them a lot of time and angst. To the trolls: I'm sorry that your lives aren't fulfilling. It's been a tough couple of years for us all. Good luck. I do hope you find more constructive outlets.

I found this thread b/c I was looking for the lowest sugar Acetaminophen option for my kids. I was surprised to find so little info on the web about the specific sugar content in Children's Tylenol! I called them and the agent I spoke with refused to provide that information. They basically offered to read the ingredients for me. Wow, great customer support, Tylenol!

I found a competing product marketed under the GoodSense label. I called them too and they were super helpful. The lady told me their product contains 3g of sugar per 5mL. I would expect that Tylenol is similar.

For water, 1mL=1 gram. I would expect this liquid to have a density that doesn't depart too much from water, so this means this product is ~60% sugar. That is, unsurprisingly, on par with lollipops and other hard candy.

I hope this information is somewhat useful here. It would be nice to have sugar-free Acetaminophen options so parents and pediatricians could decide which was overall better for individual children with their individual health conditions. It's great that we have that with Advil/Ibuprofen, but most parents know that you sometimes need both pain reliever types. Cheers!

There are sugar free options with artificial sweeteners. There’s no need for a bitter liquid medicine for children; very few people would buy it. Crush up a regular pill if you want to mix it into avocado or whatever.

[Anonymous]

I myself just found out I am type 1 diabetic and was looking for sugar free options. Take the negatively elsewhere. Find something better to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I myself just found out I am type 1 diabetic and was looking for sugar free options. Take the negatively elsewhere. Find something better to do.

Why would you not be able to take the pill?

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Oh my Lord.