Does Lactaid have any "attractive" side effects?

[bbernardini]

I found a pill case my wife had lost, and I had to look up one of the pills, as she had forgotten what it was. I found the answer on the drugs.com message board, so out of curiosity (and boredom), I started looking up the other pills. It seems as though a lot of parents are posting that they're finding prescription bottles filled with generic Lactaid pills in their kids' bedrooms. (They were posting because they didn't know what they were.) I can't for the life of me figure out why kids would be hiding such a thing, unless they have some sort of side effect that might kick in if they take enough. Anybody know of such side effects?

[MadHound]

1. I have no clue, but if you've got access to a PDR,

Physicians' Desk Reference, it will tell you everything you need to know. You can generally find one at your local library.

[GirlinContempt]

2. hmm

http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Uses/0,3915,7484%7CLactAid,00.html#sideEffects

[auntAgonist]

3. It's a natural enzyme

so I don't think there'd be any real side effects that would be of interest to kids (?)

http://www.drugs.com/pdr/Lactaid_Extra_Strength_Caplets.html

[liontamer]

4. maybe they're just embarassed to be lactose intolerant

or they think it'll help keep weight off somehow. The third possibility is that there is a lactose intolerant drug dealer out there, and the kids exchange the lactaid for something good.
And my final suggestion is that the lactaid is a symbol of something random and it's some weird group ID thing

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. That's bizarre.

I probably would have heard of even a rumor that Lactaid is fun. I remember one of my friends in HS taking buying an excedrin for $20 though. She thought it was Ecstacy because it was red and had an "E" on it. Kids can be stupid.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

6. As someone who occasionally takes Lactaid pills,

There's absolutely no reason I can think of why someone who wasn't lactose intolerant would want to take one.

I'm not terribly intolerant -- but I do trend that way (as does my family), so I take them every once in a while just so I don't get hit with massive cramping, etc.

And, outside of that, they pretty much do absolutely nothing.

[seemunkee]

7. Maybe they're cheating to win the Milk Challenge

Drink a gallon of milk and hold it down for one hour. Even for the lactose tolerant this is tough but taking lactaid makes it a little more possible.