To consider stocking up on medised for bump

[Reallytired]

When my son was a baby (Ie. between 12 months and 18 months) Medised was fanastic. It helped him when he was teething badly, had a terrible cold and had a perforated ear drum. I did not use Medised to drug him to sleep, but to improve his quality of life when he was well and truely ill.

I think its unreasonable that Medised has been banned for under twos. It seems a pity that Medised cannot be made available on prescription for babies who really need it. It is safe if you follow the instructions carefully and are not stupid enough to give calpol as well.

I have just bought a bottle for my six year old son. He has ear ache and its really helping. Its best before date is in 2011. If bump has a horrendous ear infection and is over 12 months I will not hesitate to use Medised.

I find it a relief that alicet does not think I am a total utter nutter. These medicines say you should not use them for substained periods.

I would only consider using medised for a really dire head cold. My son's hearing has been damaged by repeated perforated ear drums. If an anti histamine can reduce the amount of mucus and inflamation it might reduce the risk of a perforated ear drum.

I have never given my son the maximum dose of medised. It has never been needed.

Interestingly you can still get piraton for a baby. It does not seem logical.

Piriton is not suitable until 12m and it is not labelled as a cough remedy.

It is all down to teh labelling an combinations....

Thanks for useful advice alicet - think will steer clear for my 6 month old for a while just encase, though it did seem to help her. I tended to give calpol or calprophen in day and a dose of medised at night. But will do without til she is bigger.

What a useful thread, ta all

EllieG, if your baby is really poorly then why don't you ask your GP? Then you could be 100% sure that you are giving medised safely in the right dose and under the right circumstances.

It seems a pity to stop the medised if its helping, but its probably a good idea to ask medical advice. It might even be possible to get the medised on prescription and save money.

Have you got yourself a humidifer? I got mine from Argos and it had a little medicine cup that you could put in some oil of olbas. I found that steam really helped my son's breathing although you would not want to leave a baby with a humidier in a room unsupervised.

I also propped up one end of my son's cot when he was a baby with a terrible cold.

Have propped her up and does seem to help. Will check with my GP and see what she says. Poor old DD has had cold after cold recently, and I feel so sorry for her with all that mucus bunging her up. She is much better today though, so think propping her up will work well enough on own tonight. Will check out humidifers though, good tip.

It sounds daft EllieG but a wet towel on a radiator helps if it's a fairly small room - also those plug-in karvol things.

I feel bad about Medised as I recommended it to a friend for teething pain before I knew the guidelines had changed. It was a Godsend for us at times but I now don't know if I'll give it to number 3.