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I know alot of us use these for our babies. I just wanted to share this information I received from another mom board. Do what you want with this information.
"Please forgive any syntactical and grammatical errors that might occur in this post. I just returned from the Children's Medical Center ER. We gave Brooks his usual dose of teething tablets before bed last night as he was drooling heavily and teething. He even has 2 bumps where the bottom teeth are coming in. Around 1 AM he began turning his head from side to side and flailing in his co-sleeper. I picked him up to nurse him thinking that he might be able to nurse and go back to sleep. He refused the breast but never cried. We put him in the bed with us and he continued to move CONSTANTLY. He couldn't stay still. Eric took him downstairs to rock him but he wouldn't go to sleep. He brought him back upstairs and my eyes got used to the darkness so I could focus on him. He looked out of it. His pupils were so dilated and he was moving constantly. He was extremely tactile. He wanted to touch everything. He didn't make any noise. He wouldn't coo or cry. He wouldn't smile or even give us any sign that he was recognizing us. He seemed to be tripping on LSD or something similar. It appeared that he was having petite mall seizures. He couldn't focus on us or anything and he would move involuntarily non stop. I looked online because I suspected that the Bella Donna was giving him this reaction. I searched and searched for negative information regarding Hylands prior to buying it but I never found any. Finally, I decided to look up Bella Donna overdose. He was displaying all the symptoms. After a few hours of this and 2 heavy poopy diapers we took him to the ER. He hadn't slept in 13 hours nor had a wet diaper.
HE HAD BELLA DONNA POISONING. They took the bottle from us and did some preliminary tests. Each table was drastically different from the other. The Bella Donna in one table was more than 100 times what the bottle indicates. The National poison control people said they are seeing this more and more. Hylands are not regulated by the FDA or any other organization so there is no way to be sure that the amount of Bella Donna in each tablet is safe.
I am writing this to you because I care about you. Brooks has been using Hylands for over a month and was fine! We just purchased this new bottle 2 days ago and finally opened it yesterday. Even if your child is fine with it now, the next bottle could have a dangerous amount in it. Bella Donna, also known as Deadly Nightshade, causes hallucinations, fever, inability to perspire or urinate, loss of appetite, siezures. Hylands gets away with putting it in tablets because they claim that there is only .003% in their product. If you have lower than a certain percentage of an illegal substance in your product it can still be legal.
He would not take any breast milk from me nor from a bottle. He couldn't keep still long enough to nurse. Looking at my child and having him not recognize me or respond is the most scary thing in the world. They had to flush his system out and give him Enfalyte (Infant pedialyte). I would post this warning on the boards but I know people will claim that I did something wrong that I OVERDOSED him. I assure you we gave him 2 tablets twice yesterday and that is all. The 2nd dose was at midnight and it was over 6 hours after the first dose. I had reservations about using this product at first. I shared those reservations with Katie but when Brooks responded favorably to the product, I kept using it.
NO AMOUNT OF SLEEP FOR THE BABY OR YOU IS WORTH WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH
We opted to go home after the 6 hours of observation because they didn't have any rooms available. They said if he doesn't improve to our satisfaction we can brinig him back again. They let us go after he finally peed. Seriously, he didn't sleep, eat, or pee for 14 hours!! He didn't cry or make a sound when they examined him. He never cried once when they did all the tests. He HATES his carseat and didn't make a sound when we put him in it. I knew something was wrong. The Dr. said that she suspects more children are being affected by this but that parents aren't paying attention to these signs. Once he had a wet diaper he started to coo a bit. Each time he would make another wet diaper he became a little more like himself. His pupils are still a bit dilated but he crashed in the car. Eric is sleeping with him. I am still too hyped up.
I am sorry I am rambling. I will stop now.
Thanks
This link will give you some helpful medical information as I am too tired to really get it out. http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8513/31203/350410.html?d=dmtContent#dangers"
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| Posted by Amy H on 12/21/2007 02:31 PM
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