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Treatment of Infantile Colic with Surface Active Substance (Simethicone)
Author(s) -
DANIELSSON BERNT,
HWANG CARL PHILIP
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1985.tb11001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , infantile colic , gastroenterology , anesthesia , pediatrics , psychiatry , pathology , alternative medicine , crying
. The effect of Simethicone on “colicky” (n=27) infants was tested in a double‐blind cross‐over study. Three different parameters were used to measure the efficiency of the treatment: interviews, 24‐hour records and behavioral observations. No effects of Simethicone on the symptoms of infantile colic could be demonstrated. However, 67 % of the infants improved during the treatment, which could be ascribed to a high‐grade placebo‐effect.