Hello, my name is Glenn Furuta
I'm the director of the
Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic
Diseases Program at Children's
Hospital Colorado. In this
video, we'll provide
instructions about how to
properly take topical steroids
for eosinophilic esophagitis.
We're making this video because
these medicines have been used
for a number of years to take
care of asthma, but we give them
to our patients and prescribe
them in a little bit of a
different fashion. This medicine
will help your esophagus feel
better so that you're able to
eat and drink more easily. This
medication is contained in a
respule or small vial of liquid
as shown here. To allow the
medication to coat the lining of
your esophagus, the medication
needs to be mixed with a
material such as an artificial
sweetener, Splenda. To date,
research has shown that Splenda
is the only material that's been
used to provide this medication
to your esophagus. To prepare
the medication, you'll first
need to open one respule and
transfer the liquid into a small
cup. Next, you'll mix five
packets of Splenda to the liquid
and mix well with a spoon. It
will form a thick mixture, which
should then be swallowed. You
may be instructed to use more or
less packets of Splenda,
depending on your care provider.
It's important that you don't
rinse out your mouth or eat or
drink anything for 30 minutes
after swallowing this
medication. This will allow the
medication to stay on the lining
of the esophagus for a longer
period of time. Take your
medication every day to decrease
the inflammation and prevent it
from returning. These
instructions are based on our
experiences and many children
with EoE. Pharmacies will not
supply the Splenda. 
