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benadryl -While often given to children, it prevents them from going fully into rem sleep, so I wouldn't use it too often. Also, they develop a resistance to it overtime and then doc's recommend using harder stuff.
Clonidine-my son was on this at four and when he moved in had to be very slowly weened off this to prevent drop in blood pressure.(he had been allowed access to the meds in previous placement and had o.d. on them and had to be revived twice in the hospital. Then put back on them. He also has hep b and shouldn't have been on it). It made him really tired, so being knocked out, he wasn't a problem.
A lot of adult drugs are used on children without a lot of research to the long term affects. Even if they've decided it works for behavior, what does that medicine do to a child's sytem over time? What does it do for bolle pressure in adults and will that med damage the working of that system later? Those are certainly questions to ask before longterm use.
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