Robitussin Nighttime Cough,Cold Flu

[RR111]

My twenty eight month old son was diagnosed with a double ear infection two days ago and is on Amoxicillin 250 1tsp every 8hrs.  My son also has asthma that seems to be acting up due to the nasal drainage that he is experiencing.  

My question is would it be ok to give my son some Robitussin Nightime(Cough, Cold and Flu)? The bottle says  that children under 2 should not take the medication.  It also states that between the ages of 2-6 ask a doctor.  I am uncertain as to whether I should administer this, however his and my sleep are suffering terrible from the sickness.

Thanks for all the help.

[ChitChatNine]

HELLO AND WELCOME,

With all the changing standards in medicine you really need to call your ped to

A) get an okay;

B) make sure from the ped the ingredients are not the ones listed as those not being allowed for those <6 any more .. I'm not sure myself as my kids are older but heard something big about that in the news lately .. cold remedies <6yrs old and otc meds

C) get the correct dosing bcz it goes by wt. and not on the bottle

D)  also, perhaps ask your Ped the school of thought of antihistimines and asthma .. it goes back and forth thru the yrs .. protocol .. some say ok .. other yrs they say may be too drying and cause the asthma to get worse.

I hope your Dr lets you use the med bcz I have 4 kids and know all too well what you are going through.

If this is the first time, there always is risk of allergy, too,but pretty small .. yet I'm not a Dr.

Cheryl dd's 17, 15, 10 & ds 9 (2 ofthe 4 have asthma)