Alternate Formula Feedings in Formula Intolerant Infants

Efficacy of Alternate Formula Feedings in Formula Intolerant Infants

This study assessed tolerance improvement of a formula change in healthy term infants with perceived intolerance to their current milk-based formula feeding.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Infants formula-fed exclusively and experiencing symptoms of cow's milk formula intolerance.
• Infants whose physicians had made a recommendation that the parents change the infant's feeding.
• Full term infants at birth with a gestational age of 37 to 42 weeks.
• Infants 2- 9 weeks of age at study entry with birth weights greater than 2500 grams.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infants with a maternal medical history which had adverse effects on the fetus, such as diabetes, tuberculosis, perinatal infections, or substance abuse.
• Infants with evidence of cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hematological, or metabolic disease.