PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 2 February 1983, pp. 299-300
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Soy Formula Doesn't Help Colic

LASSE LOTHE MD1, TOR LINDBERG MD1, and IRÉNE JAKOBSSON MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Malmö General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmö, Sweden

In Reply.—

We fully agree with LeBlanc that there was no significant improvement when infants with colic were given a soy protein-based formula. As pointed out in the "Discussion," as many as 53% of the infants showed an adverse reaction to soy (corresponding figure for cow's milk formula was 71%).

We also emphasized that these figures must be interpreted with caution. In fact, soy protein-based formula was a bad choice as placebo. A placebo substance should be a substance of no importance as an allergen in infancy and soy protein has been shown to be as antigenic as cow's milk proteins (Eastham EJ, et al: J Pediatr 1978;93:561).