would you use medised despite guidelines?

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Medised used to be for 6 months plus, then changed to 2 years, now apparently changed/changing to 6 years.

My friend is GP and has told me its because parents were combining with calpol and over dosing their children, and also because parents were using it to sedate

My DS has yet another chest infection. He is 8 months old, big robust baby.

He is full of cold. He can not breathe. He can not sleep. Literally he can not sleep, he will doze off and 20 mins later wake crying. Have been alternating calpol/nurfon and using teething powders all day et nothing is working.

His big sister is 3 and we used medised with her when she was 2 (it was allowed then)

I dont have medised in the house. DD not needed any for a long time, am thinking of getting some tomorrow and giving it DS, just 2.5 ml at night for him to breathe/sleep

What do you think, unreasonable/irresponsible or practical/necessary?

It is in the BNF for children Horton. You can get it on www.bnf.org but you need a subscription. Would you like me to look it up for you. I can copy and paste it if you like?

Sorry Horton, the latest version gives the dose as 120-240mg for some reason. Just looked for you. 5ml upto 4 times a day would be within safe levels though.

Thank you very much, that's really kind. So presumably 5ml 4 times a day would be expected to have a reasonable effect for that weight? I appreciate you taking the time to look. And it is good to hear that the dose I am giving is definitely within safe levels. Thank you!

It would Horton, I would expect it to have an effect. Just remember it can take about an hour to work as peak levels can take half an hour to 2 hours although 1hr is about average.

Thanks, that's enormously reassuring.