The net exposure of children eating Norfloxacin is not high, the Food and Drug Administration said no judgment

Norfloxacin is a very commonly used drug with a “mass foundation”. The effect of treating diarrhea is obvious and it is cheap. But have you heard of the saying that children are not high in norfloxacin? Recently, after a mother heard about a child who was not tall after eating norfloxacin, she sent a message to the Xihu alley to ask for help. I did not expect this post to provoke a heated debate among netizens. Many “Sino” schools have demonstrated through their own personal experience that norfloxacin is all right, cheap and effective, and the “Connaught” school moved “medical theory” to show that the drug is not conducive to the development of young children’s bones. .

Can Norfloxacin eat for children? Yesterday, a multi-party verification was conducted on this issue. The recommendation from pediatric experts and drug administration departments is that children and the elderly should not eat or eat the drugs with the word "floxacin".

"Question for help" triggered controversy over medication

Post children eat norfloxacin dwarf how to remedy

“My child often diarrhea about the age of four or five, listen to friends that children eat norfloxacin, I also gave the child to eat this medicine. Before and after eating more than a dozen tablets. The child is now significantly lower than his classmates I now regret that I want to hit the wall. Is there any remedy? Do mother's impatient regret. Ask the doctor's answer!!" Recently, a net name called "Nuts Tomatoes" posted on Xiqiao alley, worried about their own Because the child had eaten norfloxacin, the child was not tall enough and he sought help from everyone.

Norfloxacin is a very common medicine and many people use it to treat diarrhea. After the issue of this post, it triggered the attention of netizens. A big debate about whether children can eat norfloxacin started.

Innocent adults can eat, or joint development is not good

Some netizens made it clear that prescription drugs such as norfloxacin must be purchased on the basis of a doctor's prescription, and the use of minors under the age of 18 is expressly forbidden, otherwise it will have an adverse effect on the child's bone development. However, some netizens pointed out that the safety of norfloxacin in patients under the age of 18 is still unknown, but at least it can be affirmed that the joints will not develop well after eating.

Ms. Zhou is one of the “Connaught”. Not long ago, her 3-year-old son just went to the hospital for a diarrhea treatment. The doctor opened montmorillonite powder, Wang Shi Bao Chi Pills, and navel paste. Sand star. “At the time, the elderly at home said that norfloxacin had a good effect on diarrhea. My husband immediately opposed it and said that this drug can only be eaten by patients over 18 years of age.” Ms. Zhou said that his husband is a doctor and children will ask her husband for medication. Or ask him to ask a pediatrician. “A hospital doctor who prescribes diarrhea patients will ask the other person's age. People above the age of 18 can drive norfloxacin.” Ms. Chou said that when the child is sick, we all go to the hospital because there is a difference between the children’s medication and adults. It is best to consult a doctor. "I will take a closer look at the instructions each time the child takes medicine."

The Chinoisists had been eating since childhood and the 29-year-old woman grew to 1 m 73

The netizen Piggy is actually a surnamed Sun woman. She claims that she will eat one to two tablets of Norfloxacin for each diarrhea starting from the second grade of elementary school. Now her 29-year-old net height has reached 173.5cm, while her parents Height is only 172 cm and 163 cm respectively. When he used to take norfloxacin as a child, he was not only not taller than his parents, but also much higher than his parents. Miss Sun felt that taking norfloxacin had no effect on height. As for the fear of "nonsense tomatoes," Miss Sun believes that it is purely superfluous, and that the children are high and short, and hereditary and developmental factors are factors that cannot be ignored.

Ms. Sun got in touch. On the phone, she said that she was 165cm tall in the sixth grade of primary school. She has grown up to normal height. Of course, she has not experienced any other adverse reactions.

Netizens such as "A2 Driver's License", "Sharp Binger", and "Disordered Star" all believe that it is ridiculous to complain that drugs have side effects. A netizen named “Dongdong Boy” said that his situation is similar to that of a piglet. When he was a child, he had taken a meal of norfloxacin. Now his height is normal. And his uncle was only 1 meter 6 tall before marriage and reached 1 meter 8 after marriage. "Development is late."

“Doctor Dad” experts are also arguing that caution is the best choice

The "super doctor dad" who had been reported also participated in the discussion. At first, her daughter was educated because of her inability to seek medical advice. The study was more about antibiotics. Yesterday, “Dad Medical” gave a textbook related content and many medical journal articles he downloaded. It can be seen that there is academic disagreement between the "prudent" and "security" scholars regarding whether quinolones (of which norfloxacin belongs) can be used safely in children.

Some experts believe that quinolone antibiotics are not completely safe in children whose bone growth has not been completed and need to be used with caution. This is a positive conclusion in animal experiments.

However, some experts pointed out that the experiment was done on animals. Whether it has the same adverse effects on the human body cannot be concluded. Some experts even said that once the children were observed after medication, no obvious adverse reactions such as cartilage lesions and joint abnormalities were found, and there was no adverse effect on height growth.

“Diabetes” believes that since animal tests have positive conclusions and there is no possibility that there are a large number of human clinical trials and anatomical evidence, caution is the best.

Retail pharmacies refuse to sell norfloxacin to children

First visited two chain pharmacies near Phoenix West Street in Nanjing. When the instructions were to buy anti-diarrheal drugs for children aged five or six, the sales staff suggested taking anti-diarrheal medicines for children like Mie Michishi and Mommy.

In another pharmacy, saying only that antidiarrheal drugs were to be used, the sales staff took out norfloxacin capsules, and then stated that they were given to underage children. The other party immediately said: “Children cannot use norfloxacin, and they have side effects. I can't sell you! I'm responsible!".

It was found that the price of norfloxacin capsules is much cheaper than montmorillonite powder and Mommy's love price is generally around 20 yuan, and is generally below 10 yuan. Sales staff at a pharmacy near Xinjiekou said that some pharmacies and hospitals will not recommend the use of norfloxacin. "This drug is too cheap, because you know." The other said that the efficacy of norfloxacin is still very good. Obviously, it is a quality and cheap medicine.

Paediatricians Don't Give Norfloxacin to Infants

Afterwards, he consulted Liu Jinbao, the director of Pediatrics at Nanjing Jiangning Hospital. Liu Zhuren said that when they gave infants and young children to see a doctor, they did not open norfloxacin, because there is information that the substances contained in norfloxacin will cause children's skeletal development to be affected, thus hindering the child's growth.

Director Liu reminded that in the life, people should not forget to carefully read the drug's instructions when taking drugs. Under normal circumstances, drug descriptions will clearly explain the relevant taboos. "In the absence of professional medical knowledge, you should get to a regular hospital if you have a medical problem. It is better to ask the doctor and then prescribe the right medicine. If you are a minor child, you can't be more sloppy," said Liu Jinbao.

Provincial Food and Drug Administration "Shaxing" medicine, the elderly children should eat less

Afterwards, he called the Jiangsu Provincial Food and Drug Administration. The staff member said that as of now whether the child can eat norfloxacin, whether it affects the development of joints after eating has not yet reached an accurate conclusion. "As an official organization, the Food and Drug Administration will not and cannot completely listen to the views of some experts. We must have a complete set of very accurate experimental data as support. We will only make a determination." The staff member said that the instructions for medicines in the country are Is certified by the Food and Drug Administration, the company may make some minor changes. If there are words that are banned by some people in the manual, then this part of the population must not be used. As seen in the norfloxacin capsule instructions, patients under the age of 18 are forbidden.

At the end of the interview, the staff reminded that although there is no conclusive statement, the word “floxacin” at the end of the drug name generally contains “quinolones”. Children and the elderly should pay special attention to such drugs and may cause certain joints. Damage, pay special attention when choosing.