Simply Thick

No side effects with my 2 daughters. It worked very well for their acid reflux with they were infants.

HI, My name is A. and I run Texas Cleft Connections www.texascleftconnections.org a support group for families with kids with a cleft condition. My son has a cleft lip and palate and when he was an infant, we had to use Simply Thick because he would asperate on his breast milk. I would love to talk with you about it if you prefer over the phone. just message me and I will give you my number or you can visit our website I listed. We never noticed any side effects from it but there are some tricks to useing it and I know how to get it cheaper.

Good luck!
A. J

My daughter had to use Simply Think in her drinks for several months after her heart transplant. No side affects that I could see and she didn't seem to mind it either. Hope all is well!
L.

My daughter used it as well for several months for severe GERD or reflux. It was a life saver for us. I did not really notice any major side effects but her bowel movements seemed to a little harder to get out. We would just put prune juice in one of her bottles and that solved that problem. We also ordered it online which was much cheaper than buying it in a specialty pharmacy.

Hi T.:

I am a feeding specialist and some of the side effects that I have seen with Simply Thick are the following: gassiness, initial slow-down of stooling, frequent stooling, runny stools, or firmer (not hard) stools. For most patients, the negative side effects are nothing compared to the pre-Simply Thick state. If a child has dysphagia and is on breast milk, Simply Thick is the only thickener that is not broken down by the amylase in breast milk. Products other than Simply Thick (i.e. rice cereal, Thick It) may be used for formula if you are treating reflux or dysphagia. Many parents also increase use of Mylicon to combat the gassiness.

R. Elkin, MOT, OTR/L, CKT
www.infantrefluxdisease.com
"Ask the Experts" message board
co-inventor RES-Q Infant Wedge

Simply Thick was our life saver as well! We had some minor problems with constipation, so we gave 2 oz of prune juice a day as needed and it did the trick. We also found that the Playtex Ventaire bottles worked the best because they let air in the bottom of the bottle and not through the nipple/top. With other bottles, the air mixing from the nipple made the milk frothy and caused some gas problems.

Has anyone heard anything about the Simply Thick recall. My niece was on the stuff at the NICU at Texas Children's Hospital and she had to have surgery because of necrotizing enterocolitis. I have read numerous articles about an FDA recall warning.

We used ST for three years. He has excessive gas for the first two months and was back to normal after that. No other side effects for us!

I recently started adding Simply Thick to my daughter's formula as well. I haven't noticed any side effects from it, but it was supposed to keep her from spitting up. She still spits up about once a day. What side effects has your daughter shown?

We use simply thick now in my little one's juice and water. We no longer have to use in it in his milk. He isn't taking formula anymore either. Although we did use it then. I saw no difference whatsoever when we added it. He got a little constipated but that was because he was on an already thickened formula (Enfamil AR). The swallow therapist to put him back on regular Enfamil and the constipation should go away. It did... The only issue I found for him was that it was a little more difficult for him to suck the stuff out of a nipple, so we bought the variable flow nipples. THere are 3 different flows depending on how you turn the nipple. That helped tremendously and he did have some trouble with sippy cups and sucking it out of those as well. We just bought some sippy cups that you were able to pull that little mechanism out and he hasn't had any issues. Hope this helps. We have been on Simply Thick for about 6 months or so. If you have any more questions, please let me know and I'll tell your our experiences.