A member asked:

Can i give my 13yr old daughter some pepto bismal. she was diagnosed w/gastroenteritis on 3/27/13.she stills have a lil diarrhea only. so can i or not?

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Dr. Tony Ho answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

No: While the risk is fairly small, salicylates (such as Bismuth Subsalicylate in pepto bismol, (bismuth subsalicylate) adult version) has been linked with reye syndrome in children, even up to the teenage years. You can consider getting the children's version of the medication, which does not have the salicylate in it.

Answered 1/5/2019

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