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Colic - infantile - Evidence
Evidence for low-lactose milk formula
The effect of switching to a low-lactose formula is unknown; CKS found no published randomized controlled trials on the effect of low-lactose formula on infantile colic.
- Two systematic reviews searching for papers published before May 1999 did not identify any studies of low-lactose formula of adequate methodology for inclusion [Lucassen et al, 1998; Garrison and Christakis, 2000].
- CKS has not found any studies of low-lactose formula published after this date.
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