Pediatric Gastroenterologist's Study

“We think we know what’s in the medicine itself, but in the body, once you take it, it could potentially do something,” said Dr. Robert O. Heuckeroth, a principal investigator and a pediatric gastroenterologist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Most children taking PEG 3350 do not report behavioral or psychiatric side effects, he emphasized. Still, Dr. Heuckeroth and his colleagues want to know which children may be more susceptible to these adverse effects. “We will do our best to get a clear answer about whether or not there are detectable components and metabolites in the blood of children taking the medicine,” he said.

“People are incredibly emotional about this topic,” he added.

Ms. Chittenden says she supports the new study, but not without reservations. “To knowingly put a product that might contain ethylene glycol, or degrade into it, into the body of a child is still worrisome,” she saidArticle