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Pharmacist

Pharmacists are trained health professionals who are medication experts. Learn about the role they play in the health-care team.

Naloxone

This information sheet explains what naloxone (Narcan) does, when it should be used, and how to give it.

Excessive drooling in children (sialorrhea)

An overview of the signs, symptoms and medical options for excessive drooling, a condition known as sialorrhea.

G6PD deficiency

G6PD deficiency can cause red blood cells to breakdown, leading to a lower-than-normal number of healthy red blood cells. Learn about the problems G6PD deficiency can cause and what medicines and foods to avoid in G6PD deficiency.

Celiac disease and your health-care team

Learn the important roles your celiac disease health-care team plays in helping you manage your health.

Receiving cancer medications

Cancer treatment requires different types of medication, each of which may be given in a different way. Lean about the most common ways to receive chemotherapy and other medications and what to expect.

Nystatin

Medulloblastomas

Medulloblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer among children. Learn more about medulloblastoma symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

Blood and marrow transplant nursing team

Learn about your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT) nursing team.

Regular check-ups when taking immunosuppressants

Managing your maintenance medications

Heart transplants

A heart transplant is surgery that replaces a heart that is not working properly with a healthy donor heart. Learn about heart transplants for children.

Opioids for pain

Learn why opioids such as morphine, hydromorphone, oxycodone and fentanyl are prescribed and how they help manage pain in children.

Cotrimoxazole

Hydrocortisone (cortisol) oral suspension for adrenal insufficiency

Learn how to prepare and give your child hydrocortisone oral suspension to treat adrenal insufficiency.

Travelling when you have a transplant

Brivaracetam

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

Infantile spasms

Learn about infantile spasms, a type of epilepsy. Learn how infantile spasms are diagnosed and treated, and who can help you and your baby.

High grade gliomas

High-grade gliomas are a type of brain tumour that can develop in the central nervous system. Learn about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

Traditional/classic ketogenic diet therapy for epilepsy

Learn about the benefits and limitations of the traditional/classic ketogenic diet therapy for childhood epilepsy, how it is started and how it is used at home.

Opioids: What you need to know

Learn about opioid use and overdose, and the steps you can follow to reduce the risks of both prescription and non-medical opioid use.

The leukemia health-care team

Learn about the roles of different members of your child's health-care team, including their oncologists and nurses.

Amoxicillin and clavulanate

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

Ependymomas

Ependymomas are a type of brain tumour. Discover what causes ependymomas, what the symptoms are, and how they are treated.

Medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) ketogenic diet therapy for epilepsy

Learn about the benefits and limitations of the medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) ketogenic diet therapy for childhood epilepsy, how the diet is started, and how to use it at home.