Suppositories! Too yuck to even think about or a sensible idea?

[emkana]

Spurned on by another thread I would like to ask around the MN community:
Do you feel it would be a good idea to have Calpol-type medicine available in suppository form?

In France and Germany these are widely available (also many other medicines available as suppositories). They are easy to give, without any pain or anything like that, also much "purer" as no additives etc.
So why why why can't you get them here????

[pouchofdouglas]

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[lalaa]

sorry, can't get my head around pushing something up dd's bum

[RachD]

We were given suppositories by A&E, over christmas, when ds had very high fever and was sick and could not keep calpol down.
Suppositories ?
Best thing ever !

[RachD]

Lala, like belgiumbun says, they are tiny.
And the idea is not very nice, is it ?
But is your child is too sick to be able to keep something down - e.g. calpol.
And if you are able to, as we were, slip one in without hardly any discomfort to ds, then surely brilliant ?

[roisin]

It makes sense to me. My dss have always taken medicine without a murmur, so it hasn't been a problem, but many children don't.

But when ds2 was small he was sick a lot, and I mean a LOT. If his temperature went up just slightly he would vomit; it was just his body's natural reaction - and was often the first point at which we realised he was unwell! But obviously you can't get calpol into a vomiting toddler in order to get the fever down, to stop the vomiting. Suppositories sound an excellent idea to me!

[Pruni]

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[emkana]

I get my supply from Germany.
If you know anybody travelling to France or go there on holiday it really is worth getting some.
In small children you can give them while nappy changing without them noticing at all.

[emkana]

Why would they cost £20 for 12? That's ridiculous.

[uwila]

You can get paracetemol suppositories on the NHS. My DD wouldn't take any medicine when she was a baby. About a year ago I was pregnant, had the worst cold/flu I've ever encountered and she had it too. Her fever was 40 deg. and she wouldn't take anything. So I had to put her in a cold bath screaming her head off every few hours throughout the night to get the fever down. Someone on mn told me we could get supp. at the GP, and so we did.

[cece]

dd has suppositories for constipation and they are much more stressful to administer than a spoonful of medicine!

[LIZS]

£20 for 12 omg . We had them in Switzerland and were really effetcive on more than one occasion. With a bit of vaseline it really isn't an issue until they are old enough to seriously resist.

[chipmonkey]

What? We have paralink suppositories in Ireland available OTC and quite cheap. They're basically just paracetemol. And we're quite backward over here!

[expatinscotland]

no.

[sansouci]

Good if you're not squeamish. Dh can't bear the idea when I take dc's temp rectally or give them suppositories. Says it's cruel! I think it must depend on your culture. After 20 yrs in France, I don't think about it as being anything but convenient for dc.

[Prufrock]

Yes, always use them - but do hate that I have to pay £20 for 12.

[HappyMumof2]

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[sansouci]

Meds work much faster by back passage. Hit the bloodstream almost immediately and have added advantage of not upsetting tummies.