to be considering giving my 13 month old medised...?

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she is teething horribly at the moment and barely sleeping (and neither is anyone else in the house) ...calpol is not doing anything.

today in boots i was hovering over the medised and seriously considered picking some up, even though it is not meant to be given to under 2's.

but i have a 5 YO and an 8 YO and i definitely remember giving it to them as babies, it was allowed for 6 months and above as i remember, in fact may have even been from 3 months?

anyone know anything about it?

i am going mad from lack of sleep

Jamieandhismagictorch , You know you can double-dose Calpol, alternating with Ibuprofen/Nurofen/Calprofen, don't you?

You didn't mean give two does of calpol did you? That would be dangerous.

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GOD NO!!!! there should have been a : there. I meant alternate Calpol with Ibuprofen (must type more clearly)

It's not recommended because it's been found to be dangerous in a very small number of children. Not worth the risk imo. Nowt to do with overdoses or misreading the label.

Is she waking in pain or just waking? It's normal for them to wake frequently at this age. It's developmental and won't last.

My DD became allergic to Medised when she was about 2 or so (now 6). Terribe rash suddendly. Tried a couple of times to make sure, then took her to the docs who just said she must be allergic to 1 of the ingredients so stick to Calpol.

Unfortunely it was fantastic when she had a cold as really dried everything up and nothing else seem to do that, so we really miss not being able to use it.

So I do sympathise if the age had changed but always best to stick to the advice, you would never forgive yourself it something happened.

There are plently of other medicines for teething, keep trying until you find what works for you.

I know a lot of people who buy medised still and lie about the age of their children and say age 6. Obviously not taking the child with them. The reason I was always told was due to some children in the USA being overdosed due to the parents not realising it contained paracetamol and double dosing them. So some of the reasons on here I haven't heard before and sound more worrying.

My GP when my DD aged 2 had an ear infection (a few months ago) suggested I bought it and lied It is frustrating as it was from age 3 months when my DD was born and has now changed and it worked like a charm for her. I confess I did give it to my younger DS once or twice in desperation but a lower dosage

Try teething powders and mixing with ibuprofen as others have said.

Really hope they sleep better tonight, if they don't, it is worth checking it's not an ear infection and taking to GP as others have said. On the other hand it may also be because its so hot too, that can't help. The thermometer in my DCs room is reading 27.9 C right now.

Good luck, sending sleeping vibes your way.

I read that the guidelines had changed for all these products because lots of parents were too stupid to give the right amounts, which could result in dangerous overdosing. I have not seen anything which links these medicines to SIDS - does anyone have an article? The guidelines suggest that the medicines do not work - ie. they don't cure coughs and colds, which everyone knows anyway, but they DO help your child to sleep, which is why you want to use it. It also states that you should not worry if you have already dosed your child as long as you have followed the correct dosage.

I have used it on occasion when everyone needs some sleep and nothing else has worked, and one of these times has been since the guidelines changed. I think if you know your child is not allergic to it, then you are fine to use it.

My GP told me to give it to my daughter (6 months onwards) as she had bronchiolitis and is quite prone to chest infections - she said it helped dry up the chest at an early stage so the infection doesn't take hold.

I use it myself, it is fab for chesty colds.

I gave it to my (then) 16 month old during our long haul flight to Canada - worked a dream and i think as long as u dont give them too much it cant harm - they gave it to babies for years before bringing these silly no under 6 rules so personally i chose to give it to mine.

have u tried dentinox? - a teething gel, we used to put it on to his dummy and then he would suck on it - it seemed to distract him so much that we really relied on it for getting thru nite times so would recommend u try that if u havent already.

hmmmm

seems like its people being too stupid to give the correct doses that have caused the age limit to be raised.

i still dont think i would dare give it to her though, i would never forgive myself if she had an adverse reaction. maybe i will try the liquid ibuprofen.

i am just sick of me and dp constantly being absolutely fucked all the time. i feel like a zombie, i know people are in worse situations sleep wise but dd slept through from a few weeks old, its only been in the last 3 - 4 weeks she has been waking. but i am not a person that copes on little sleep and i am constantly ratty with everyone, shouting at the kids all the time, and look like SHIT. i am so fed up.

The raising of the age from 2 to over 6 was partly due to the problems of doses and partly due to studies suggesting that the products offered no benefit.

www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/drugdb/047.html That is not the link I was originally looking for but it does give an indication under cautions and contra-indictaions. Diphenhydramine is the other active ingredient in medised

I have done it. {guilty face} - but - only 5 ml at a time and only when all in my house were desperate and in lots of pain. It was the only thing that worked.

A month or so ago, I heard the woman who works behind the counter at our chemist, tell a customer that Medised has Phenegan in it?
Quite a few years (10yrs +) back,a few friends of mine used to give Phenegan to their children to make them sleep.