Hi Sue,

My opinion is not to use the liquid. I know that it is prepared by the pharmacy but I think you would be better off splitting the pills. I have a SV son and at one point our endo here in Houston decided to put him on the suspension that the pharmacy prepares. When I got to NY, Dr. New was not happy that I had him on the liquid and she had the liquid sent to the lab to have it analyzed. They found that the dose of cortef in the suspension was close but not quite what we thought he was getting. Who knows what it would be if they keep trying.

I give Jackson half a pill in the am and a 1/4 pill at night. I used to put it in a babyspoon and crush it slowly with another baby spoon and then just  put a few drops of water on it and spoon feed it to my baby. He took it just fine, always has but I found that crushing the pill made little tiny pieces of it fly off. I didn't want to loose any of the pill at all so I was  trying to figure out how to do it better. I didn't want to use a syringe either because I didn't want to take any chances of any getting stuck to the sides or not coming out. My dad suggested that I put the pill on a babyspoon and put a few drops of water on the pill. In less than a minute the pill dissolved and I just had to stir it slowly with the tip of another baby spoon. It dissolved so easily and none was lost. The baby spoon I use is just like a miniature regular spoon. Meaning that it is not plastic and it doesn't have that gummy stuff on it. It slides really easily into his mouth and not even a trace of the cortef stays on the spoon. This has made it much easier.

As far as the florinef, we also had to give this to him at the beginning and we crushed it like we did the florinef.  He doesn' t take it  now, but I imagine that you could use the same method for dissolving the florinef like the cortef.

Good luck and remember to go with your instincts, even if the Dr.'s think you are nuts. It's your child and you are their best advocate!

Sandra