Posted by yxibow on October 13, 2008, at 2:42:49
In reply to Re: ? about meds for my son » Lorenzo05, posted by bleauberry on October 12, 2008, at 15:33:15
I guess my point, and you're right about nutrition, but for the immediate time being, anything that is laoded with calories (besides pure margarine or something like that -- not being flippant) will allow some weight to be placed on, even if it isn't a completely balanced diet, it is better than nothing.
There are medications that can make someone more hungry (including marinol but no doctor in their right mind would give that to an kid unless they had HIV), but I would probably ask your doctor about those sorts of things.
I mean some antihistamines can promote that effect, on the other hand in children can have different reactions than adults.
Plus the panoply of certain small dose antidepressants that generally are a bit more weight gaining than others, but that's an uncharted territory especially considering the disorder at hand.
-- tidings
Jay
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