To want the chief medical officer to come and look after DD tonight?

[dilemma456]

DD has had a bad cough for 3 days now now especially at night. I've been giving her cough medicine which at least settles the cough itself and allows her to sleep. Yesterday we run out and I went to get more only to be told by the chemist that she can't have any until she's 6 because the chief medical officer changed the rules. The fact that the packaging stated it was for 2-12 year olds seems irrelevent. Apparently what was ok for them before is suddenly not ok now

As a result NEITHER of us really slept. I can't miss work as I'm being reinterviewed for my own job in about 2 hours so I had to take her to school even though I didn't really want to as she is so tired from all that coughing.

AIBU to want the chief medical officer to come and deal with the consequences of his actions tonight? I need sleep and far more importantly so does DD.

I'm so stressed anyway :(

I understand that the reason the CMO changed the advice about cough medicine is because the evidence is that NO cough medicine works for ANYONE under ANY circumstances. Ho hum, is the thinking, people want to buy it. BUT there is also evidence that is actively does harm to young children so that is why the pharmacist won't sell it to you for a small child although they will still sell it to -mugs- older people with coughs.

I agree with a previous poster and you should get your DD checked out for asthma which causes coughing at night (I remember it all too well with my older DD). The inhalers can really cure it and, left untreated, asthma can turn frightening and even be life threatening. It is def time for a visit to a good GP.