Is Chilldren's Tylenol Gluten Free?

[e&j0304]

Hey, my daughter has a pretty high fever (104.5) and her dr. suggested alternating Tylenol and Motrin through the night. I know that the dye-free children's Motrin is safe, but I am not sure about Tylenol. I thought that Infant's Tylenol was ok, but I need to know about Children's. I am probably going to assume that most of the Tylenol products are gluten-free, but I'd hate to give her an additional set of problems when she's already sick.

Thanks to anyone who can help

[Guest nini]

yes it is safe, we use it here and I know I've seen it on "safe" lists recently

[e&j0304]

Thanks for your help!

[Rusla]

Thanks for your help!

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Just a note on Tylenol in general. That drug never leaves your liver, so over the years tylenol can build up in peoples livers and if anyone is a heavy user of it beware. It will eventually explode the liver. I say this because I know not only many people who constantly use it all the time but feed it to their kids on a regular basis.

[taweavmo3]

Yikes....that's a pretty high fever! Don't know about the Tylenol, I usually just have Motrin on hand. But, I just wanted to say that I hope she feels better soon. I hate it when my kids are sick! Take care.

[e&j0304]

Just a note on Tylenol in general. That drug never leaves your liver, so over the years tylenol can build up in peoples livers and if anyone is a heavy user of it beware. It will eventually explode the liver. I say this because I know not only many people who constantly use it all the time but feed it to their kids on a regular basis.

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I have never heard that! I'll keep that in mind.

Tamara, Thanks for thinking of Ella. I feel so bad for her. Her fever was 104.5 at 5:00 this evening and we gave her medicine then. By 8:00 her fever was already back up to 103. I hope she sleeps well through the night!

thanks again everyone

[Canadian Karen]

Hi Shannon,

I will be thinking of you through the night, I hope she is okay......

Make sure she isn't bundled too much - just a t-shirt.

Make sure you keep us posted........

Hugs.

Karen

[lovegrov]

Overdoses of Tylenol or large doses along with heavy alcohol consumption CAN cause liver damage. Like anything else, follow directions and don't use unless you need it. High fever is a good reason.

richard

[2Boys4Me]

All Tylenol and Motrin are gluten-free according to the CANADIAN website. Not sure about the U.S.

It took some searching around to find out, but here's the link:

Open Original Shared Link

On the motrin.ca site, on the "ask motrin" line type in gluten and it will say this:

Best Response...

Gluten is not present in any product with the MOTRIN* name. For a complete list of ingredients in any of our MOTRIN* products, please click on the product which you are interested in learning more about.

For more information about gluten or Celiac Disease, please visit; www.celiac.ca.

If you'd like to view the ingredient lists for all MOTRIN* products, click here and follow the links.

Again, that's for Canada only, I'm not sure about the U.S.

[Guest katerismom]

Hi!

I know that you were just asking about the regular Childrens Tylenol, but I thout it might be helpful for people to know that the Infants Tylenol Cold IS NOT gluten-free, but the Childrens Tylenol cold IS gluten-free. My daughter had a nasty cold a few months ago and found this information out (after I had already purchased the Infants Tylenol Cold, of course).

[e&j0304]

Thanks to everyone for your help. It's kind of overwhelming knowing what is and isn't gluten-free! Why can't they just make ALL of their products gluten-free in the US as well as Canada???

Anway, Ella still has a nasty cough and fever. She coughed much of the night, but didn't wake up. She still has a fever today although so far this morning is only 101. Hopefully that won't get higher as the day goes on. I guess there's just something going around and hopefully the baby won't get it too!

Thanks again!

[Rusla]

Thanks to everyone for your help.  It's kind of overwhelming knowing what is and isn't gluten-free!  Why can't they just make ALL of their products gluten-free in the US as well as Canada???

Anway, Ella still has a nasty cough and fever.  She coughed much of the night, but didn't wake up.  She still has a fever today although so far this morning is only 101.  Hopefully that won't get higher as the day goes on.  I guess there's just something going around and hopefully the baby won't get it too!

Thanks again!

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Have you been putting cloths with ice in them on her forehead or wiping her face with cold cloths. Another thing that works for fevers in anyone is a bowl of ice with a fan blowing over it towards them.