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...to think I can be trusted with suppositories?

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solveproblem · 26/07/2013 22:53

Why, why, WHY can't I buy paracetamol suppositories for children?

DS2 is asleep with a very high temperature that needs to be brought down, I have now had to try to wake him up and give him oral paracetamol. He point blank refused as he is poorly and tired. It would have been so much easier with suppositories and I wouldn't have to worry about him not taking his medicine.

Does anyone know what the reason is behind these not being on sale in the UK?

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OddBoots · 27/07/2013 08:59

Seabright - someone with more direct experience will hopefully know more but it looks like the two main brands are Dafalgan and Doliprane and google images of both types includes the word paracetamol so I think the word translates. You will need to know the dose you need to buy though and it is done by weight, using this diagram you need
100mg for a child under 8kg,
150mg for a child 8kg-12kg
200mg for a child 12kg-16kg
300mg for a child 16-24kg

OddBoots · 27/07/2013 09:00

I hope he is seen soon and is soon on the mend, solveproblem.

Bunbaker · 27/07/2013 09:02

Has your DS had his urine checked? A very high temperature could be a urine infection, which has to be treated with antibiotics.

chicaguapa · 27/07/2013 09:09

Whenever DC have a temperature I give calpol to check it will come down (to rule out further action) and if so, then I generally let it stay high to let the body fight the virus. I don't understand this obsession with getting temperatures down.

Bunbaker · 27/07/2013 09:19

" I don't understand this obsession with getting temperatures down."

When DD was a baby I was once told off by the doctor for not giving her Calpol when she had a temperature. Unfortunately after that, DD had a habit of getting sudden temperature spikes which used to give her the shakes and once caused a febrile convulsion. She stopped breathing and was blue lighted to hospital. I was paranoid about her temperature going up for a good while after that.

ChunkyPickle · 27/07/2013 09:25

I almost panicked my first poo after c-section because it was all white (like an old dog poo) - the nurse explained that they'd given me a painkilling suppository and seemed to find the mixture of relief and slight shock on my face quite charming. I was awake the whole time (although numb obviously), and baby had gone with his dad, so I don't know how they snuck it in.

TBH it would have been that or an injection because I was throwing up everywhere and just wouldn't have been able to keep oral medication down.

I take it they won't be doing that in the UK if I have another CSection then?

I don't see a problem personally, but then I have a DS who will take his medicine if he's sick enough (in fact it's a good gauge of how sick he is), or if I tell him that it'll taste bad, but he still really has to.

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Bunbaker · 27/07/2013 09:51

I had a suppository when I had a D & C after a missed miscarriage. It was a Bad Idea as I have IBS and it gave me diarrhoea.

LIZS · 27/07/2013 09:56

They are great for bringing down a temperature when child is nauseous and act much quicker. No worry about whether they took the whole dose or dribbled/coughed some it out. Bit of Vaseline and done. .

ChestyNut · 27/07/2013 10:34

Hope you get seen quickly OP
They look really sore

eurozammo · 27/07/2013 10:45

My IVF clinic gives antibiotic and painkilling suppositories as standard after egg collection (although I refused as I hate taking drugs unless needed and I felt they were unnecessary, and I was right - the pain was manageable without them).

Cersei · 27/07/2013 11:11

Paracetamol suppositories are available in the UK but most pharmacies don't stock them as there is so little demand for them either on prescription or to buy. You may well get a prescription but struggle to find somewhere that had any. Good luck!

Fleurdebleurgh · 27/07/2013 13:02

I sent a friend to the shop to buy me paracetomol for a hangover when in amsterdam. He returned with what he thought were 'normal' tablets. It was only when i tried to bite one that i saw the words 'voor kinder rectaal' or similar on the box

ChestyNut · 27/07/2013 17:40

Any update on DS OP?

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solveproblem · 27/07/2013 17:43

Yes Chesty, he's fine. They were a bit worried about the rash but took some blood and urine tests and everything came back fine.

AND they gave us two packs of supposatories to take home!

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Wheresmycaffeinedrip · 27/07/2013 17:47

I wish I'd known about them four years ago tbh. I could have requested them when dd1 was in a&e. I could have asked the nurse for one which coulda been done in her sleep as opposed to having her vomit calpol all over me even she insisted I wake her up so she could shove the syringe in her mouth.

No need to be prudish about medication.

ChestyNut · 27/07/2013 17:51

What did they think the rash is?

Glad results were negative

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solveproblem · 27/07/2013 17:54

Caffeinedrip; That's just silly, you shouldn't have had to ask for it in a hospital under those circumstances, they should have offered it! Sounds horrible waking a child that poorly to give them medication that can be administered in an easier way.

Even today when I asked for it, saying he would not swallow his meds, the dr asked if I had tried nurofen instead of calpol. I had to spell it out to her that 'no, he is refusing ALL oral medicine', before she agreed to let me have the supps.

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myroomisatip · 27/07/2013 17:54

kreecherlivesupstairs

One up the bum, no harm done.

hahahhahahahahahahahah

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solveproblem · 27/07/2013 17:56

When they pressed the rash they couldn't see it fading (even though I thought it did) so that's why he had all the tests. But after all tests came back clear they said it was just "something viral" and that it will go away without treatment.

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Wheresmycaffeinedrip · 27/07/2013 18:00

She had only just gone to sleep after being in the waiting room coughing til she was sick. When we finally were a out to see the dr over came the nurse with a syringe who insisted we wake her. Whole thing set her off coughing and brought it back up.

I'm relieved her asthma no longer gets as bad as it did back then.

Your right though under those circumstances they could have brought me one. She wouldn't have even woken up.

hmsvictoria · 27/07/2013 18:02

Seabright - asking just for Doliprane or Dafalgan won't necessarily get you suppositories. They are brand names for paracetamol, and both produce it in all forms.

You need to ask for paracétamol en suppositoire pour enfant and give your child's weight in kg.

tobiasfunke · 27/07/2013 18:18

We used them until DS was 3 as he would just throw the oral medicine up. It was a friend who was a GP who gave me a few when DS was little- just in case and they were great. I bought a few packs online but they took ages to come and were really expensive.

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