anyone ever had to use suppositories to get antibiotics into a toddler?

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ds has balanitis again, he had it 3 weeks ago too.

i could not get ds to take liquid antibiotics and have probably traumatised him now from trying to force him to take it.

has anyone used suppositories? is it easier to administer than the liquid and syringe method?

We have. He was in hospital at the time and the nursing staff showed me how to do it. He could not take fluids orally.

It was ok. I was stressed about it. But my son was so ill he didn't care what I was up to. They worked very well and I wouldn't have any probs if had to do it again. Can you buy them at chemists ? We got a supply from the Children's hospital.

i'm going to the walk in clinic tomorrow so was going to ask for them then.

hopefully it will be a million times easier and less stressfull than trying to get a syringe into a thrashing, screaming toddler

Suppositories are certainly easier to use than oral meds, but I have never come accross antibiotics in supp form. Which ones do you mean? Are you on the continent?

how old is your ds? If he is has a bottle, you can put the liquid dose of antibiotics into a teat and sometimes they will suck it through that (albeit with a slightly puzzled expression)
If you do get suppositories, put them up stubby end first not pointy end first (which seems to be the commonsense way).
This means that the anus can close more comfortably around the thin pointy end, making iy less likely to be expelled (honest, I read it in a nursing journal...)

years ago I had major problems too and ended up in sheeer desparation using cola to disguise the taste of the liquid medicine. It worked, just a little cola so that dd would actually drink the lot and not find it too much but enough to disguise the taste. Sheepisly admitted it to doc a week later and she was fine with it. I admitted it as I wondered if it would affect the medicine you know like they say some tablets shouldn't be broken up to get them down. Don't know about suppositories but others posting before me do.

Not sure any ABs are available via suppository? Worth checking, I have never seen them.

If they do exist, def try them. Suppositories are excellent; no dosage issues (ie little ones spitting out liquid) and fastest delivery to bloodstream.

We are in France and use them (paracetmol) whenever the DC are I'll.

We have always had PR paracetamol as the first thing he does with a fever is puke - not good!!

We were told that too (when DS was in hospital) timetosmile - doesn't seem logical somehow!!

I've never seen ABs in suppository form, but if they are available do try them.
DD always used to have paracetamol up her bum ans when she was vomitting after surgery, she had an anti emetic this way too.
We are continental types.

I used to work as a nurse in Germany and was very by the willingness of patients to accept suppositories and the amount of drugs delivered this way. In this country (though getting better) you really get a look of horror!

Sneezle
I know what you mean, but I think there is a natural dislike of suppositories. I mean, I get why Brits find them freaky. My DD (half English, half French, raised in France) has always been given suppositories, but now she is 4, she hates them. She runs away at the mention and will wilingly swallow oral medicine to avoid a supp. Given that she should be used to them, having had them since babyhood, I find it interrssting that she spontaneously took against them, IYSWIM.