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Any tips on getting ds to take liquid antibiotics? Sensory issues, stubborness etc.

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Ekorre · 09/02/2016 09:30

Ds and I both have flu. He has to take 5 day course of one spoon four times a day. He hates the texture and taste. He's colour blind so it also looks gross colour to him too.

He is unbribe-able, you could offer him his own personal Disneyland plus a trip to the moon and a mountain of favourite snacks and he wouldn't do it, if he'd decided he wasn't doing it. Tried the doctor says you have to, which helps with tooth brushing, but he doesn't care. Doesn't care it will make him better.

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Marshmallow09er · 09/02/2016 09:37

We have same problem (DS has a rare autoimmune condition which means regular medication). Again unbribable!
Could you ask pharmacist for the medicine in tablet format? DS will turn drink it crushed in a drink he likes.
A friend of mine put her son's meds in yoghurt and he eats it (this has never worked for me but might be worth a try, if he eats yoghurt!)

Good luck

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enterthedragon · 09/02/2016 10:00

A mouthful of white chocolate buttons worked wonders for us, before and after the medicine, still had to hold DS down though whilst using the syringe to inject the medicine into his mouth while there was still chocolate in it.

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Ekorre · 09/02/2016 10:08

Oh dear I feel for you, I would hate to do this on a regular basis.

Has to be taken on an empty stomach so can't hide it in anything. He is iffy about all liquid-y type foods so it would be unlikely to get eaten.

Its quite an ordeal to get to the pharmacy for various reasons. We are very remote so it is a journey. Ds hates the building so yesterday was a mega struggle. I'm autistic too and have lost my voice so return to pharmacy is my last resort!

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Ekorre · 09/02/2016 10:17

Thanks enterthedragon, he's rejected chocolate, even the offer of mummy's special chocolate. I hate forcing him to take it but this is a horrible bug. Urggh.

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Cakescakescakes · 10/02/2016 12:28

Use a syringe into the back of his mouth and hold his nose to make him swallow. It takes 2 people to get medicine into my DS. One to pretty much pin him down and one to administer the medicine. It's really really awful and distressing for everyone involved but it's necessary as he frequently needs antibiotics which have a really strong taste that can't be disguised. We have tried EVERYTHING.

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BlackeyedShepherdsbringsheep · 10/02/2016 13:26

ds would take his vile pink medicine diluted with neat concentrated blackcurrant squash and a teaspoon of sugar stirred in.

banana flavour went in milk to make milkshake he cried when the course was finished.

mine could spit it out wherever it went in with the syringe.