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Statins/HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

Your child needs to take the medicine called an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, or a statin. This information sheet explains what statins do, how to give them, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take these medicines.

Prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone and methylprednisolone (corticosteroids), taken for a short time

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Your child needs to take one of these medicines: prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone or methylprednisolone. This information sheet explains what these medicines do and how to give them to your child. It also explains what side effects or problems your child may have when they take these medicines for a short time (less than seven days).

Spironolactone and Hydrochlorothiazide

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Your child needs to take the medicine called spironolactone + hydrochlorothiazide. This information sheet explains what spironolactone + hydrochlorothiazide does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take t

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3350

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Your child needs to take the medicine called polyethylene glycol 3350 (PEG 3350). This information sheet explains what PEG 3350 does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Sodium Cromoglycate for Inhalation

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Your child needs to take the medicine called sodium cromoglycate. This information sheet explains what sodium cromoglycate does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim

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Your child needs to take the medicine called sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim. This information sheet explains what sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Trihexyphenidyl

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Your child needs to take the medicine called trihexyphenidyl. This information sheet explains what trihexyphenidyl does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Vincristine

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Your child needs to take the medicine called vincristine. This information sheet explains what vincristine does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Tetrabenazine

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Your child needs to take the medicine called tetrabenazine. This information sheet explains what tetrabenazine does, how to give it and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Topiramate

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Your child needs to be given a medicine called topiramate. This information sheet explains what topiramate does and how to give it to your child. It also explains what side effects or problems your child may have when they take topiramate.

Coarctation of the aorta

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Learn about coarctation of the aorta. This condition involves a narrowing of the major artery leading from the heart to the body, affecting blood pressure.

Coping with a diagnosis of congenital heart defects

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Read about coping with a diagnosis. While the diagnosis may be upsetting, the good news is that a child's pain is no longer a mystery.

Diagnosis of congenital heart disease

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Learn about congenital heart disease in children. Congenital heart disease happens when parts of the heart do not form properly.

Cyanosis (blue spells) in congenital heart disease

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Blue spells occur when a child's lungs are not receiving enough blood to carry oxygen to the rest of the body. Find out what to do in case of a blue spell.

Congenital heart conditions: After heart surgery

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Read about post-surgery recovery. How long a child spends recovering depends on the severity of the condition he's being treated for, among other factors.

Closure device insertion

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Holes in the heart or blood vessels can sometimes be closed with a small device that is put in using heart catheterization. Learn about this procedure.

Common arterial trunk

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Learn about common arterial trunk, a defect in which a single great artery comes out of the ventricles instead of the usual pulmonary artery and aorta.

Body image for children with heart disease

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Learn about helping those with congenital heart disease have a healthy body image. Read about issues that may arise, such as embarrassment over scars.

Blalock-Thomas-Taussig (BTT) shunts

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The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig (BTT) shunt helps babies with certain heart defects get enough oxygen until they can have surgery to fix the defect.

Diagnosis of heart-related syndromes

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Learn about heart-related syndromes. A syndrome is a medical term for a collection of signs and symptoms that generally stem from a single cause.

Thioguanine

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Your child needs to take the medicine called thioguanine. This information sheet explains what thioguanine does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when he takes this medicine.

Thiotepa for stem cell transplant

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Your child needs to take the medicine called thiotepa. This information sheet explains what thiotepa does, how it is given, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Cancer research and your teenager

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Learn about ongoing cancer research and your teenager's role in research and clinical trials.

Vindesine

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Your child needs to take the medicine called vindesine. This information sheet explains what vindesine does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Arthritis associations

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This page provides information about leading arthritis organizations in Canada.