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Nutramigen is a preparation recommended for infants who develop the first symptoms of food allergy or intolerance to protein derived from cow’s milk.
What is Nutramigen?
Nutramigen is a milk replacer formula for infants with mild or moderate allergy to cow’s milk protein, which includes casein hydrolyzate with a very high degree of hydrolysis. This hypoallergenic mixture causes far fewer allergic reactions in your baby, even if he is allergic to cow’s milk protein. Glucose syrup and modified corn starch provide carbohydrates.
Indications for the use of Nutramigen
Allergy to dietary proteins in infants and lactose or sucrose intolerance. It is also recommended for infants with intestinal colic. Product Nutramigen should be used in the case of hypersensitivity to cow’s milk protein or the presence of any allergy related to it.
Refund:
The scope of indications covered by the reimbursement is given below, a fee of 30 percent:
- Cow’s milk protein allergy.
- Symptoms related to food allergy and hypersensitivity to cow’s milk proteins
- Lactose intolerance, associated with hypersensitivity to cow’s milk proteins
- Secondary sucrose intolerance associated with hypersensitivity to cow’s milk proteins
- Other allergies related to hypersensitivity to cow’s milk proteins
There are as many as three types of Nutramigen milk formula:
- Nutramigen 1 LGG® – a mixture that can be used as the sole source of nutrition in infants from birth
- Nutramigen 2 LGG® for babies between six months and one year old as part of a varied diet
- Nutramigen 3 LGG® – for children over one year old, as part of a varied diet
Use
It is worth remembering that Nutramigen is a dietary food for special medical purposes, so its use should be consulted with a doctor. The dosage is individual, according to the doctor’s indications and the individual needs of the infant or child.
What are the side effects of using Nutramigen milk replacement milk?
The only side effect of the use Nutramigen there may be a change in the color of an infant’s stool to dark or green and a change in the consistency of the stool to a looser one, which is a natural consequence of using this product.
Availability of Nutramigen
It is worth remembering that the drug Nutramigen it is available only by prescription in pharmacies. Prices without refunds oscillate around PLN 48 for a 400 gram package.
World leader
The company Mead Johnson Nutrition, producing the agent Nutramigen, is a major global manufacturer of baby nutritional products. Articles Nutramigen They are manufactured with scientific knowledge and are the world’s leading products for children allergic to cow’s milk proteins. This has been supported by over 75 years of experience and evidence in the form of results from over 75 clinical trials.