How To Use Erceflora 5ml

My 4 month old baby has diarrhea. The pediatrician has prescribed to take Erceflora 1 vial. What does that mean? Is this the whole vial at once? ## Hi Maine, sorry to hear about that, I know how nerve wracking it can be when a child at that young of an age has diarrhea. To answer your question, each vial should be a 5ml suspension. If that is the case then I am seeing a standard dose of 1-2 vials every 3-4 hours mixed in with another liquid such as milk, formula, or water. If you are still breastfeeding your baby you can mix it in with expelled breast milk. So yeah, 1 whole vial per dose is what is indicated. Is that in line with the doctor's instructions? There should be a label, printout, or packaging that came with the prescription. All in all Erceflora is a probiotic medicine wh...

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My daughter is 5yrs old having diarrhea now. Is it ok if she takes 1 vial (5ml/2 billion) of Erceflora directly without diluting it in water or milk? Please I need your answer urgently. ## My son is having diarrhea is it okay if he will drink the oral suspension without diluting it with water? ## How do I give Ercef Oral 5ml to my son who is 4 years old? He has diarrhea.

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erceflora was given IV possible outcome on the person long time side effect ## Should Erceflora be inadvertently given intravenously , we can expect some hypersensitivity reactions (chills, low grade fever, etc) soon after the administration. We have not encountered any reaction worse than these. Our recommendation is to give supportive treatment to the patient (antipyretic for fever, rest, etc) while continuing to observe him for any other possible reactions. There is no antidote. ## That is correct, the adverse events and possible side effects are not known for this. It is normally used to treat chronic cases of diarrhea that have lasted longer than 14 days. The normal dosing is 2-3 vials of the 5billion/5ml suspension for adults and 1-2 vials of the same for children. Is there anythi...

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I have one 5ml vial of Erceflora. My question is, is the date written on the top part of the vial its expiration date or manufacturing date? Need answer ASAP please .... thank you!

dosages ## Erceflora is used to treat chronic cases of diarrhea. I am only finding limited information on it. But, what I am finding said the suggested adult dosing is 2-3 vials of the 5billion/5ml suspension. and 1-2 vials of the same for children 2 to 11 years old. I hope this helps, if you have any other questions, please post back! ## my 3 month old baby have diarrhea for more than 14 days now and her pedia prescribed to take erceflora for 3 days once a day,is it okay for her to take? ## my 1 year old baby have diarrhea for 5 days and her pedia prescribed to take erceflora for 2 days once a day,its ok to her to take? ## I've heard that erceflora is treatment for acute type of diarrhea. Is it okay to take erceflora for my 1 yr and 11 month old child even without doctor's pres...

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