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DefiniteMaybe · 08/03/2012 10:41

Ds and dd have been poorly for a week now. Vile cold and cough. The cough is now making them cry and sounds awful so we have a docs appt at 11.20.
Problem is dd will not take any medicine in any way. If even a drop goes into her mouth she's seriously sick. She's 6 months. Is there anything I can suggest to the doc? (He's a bit useless tbh)

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runnervt · 08/03/2012 10:46

I've had more concentrated versions (i.e. 6+ calpol) with the amount calculated based on ds weight. Just means I need to give less. Not sure that helps if she won't even take one drop! have read on here about suppositories but no doc has ever offered me that.

thereinmadnesslies · 08/03/2012 11:01

paracetamol suppositories! DS will not take oral meds but he had an op when he was two and the drs prescribed them.
You can buy them without a prescription from a pharmacy, but they are really expensive, something like £18 for ten.

DeWe · 08/03/2012 12:05

Does she take solids? Could you mix it up in yoghurt?

DefiniteMaybe · 09/03/2012 07:30

Thanks everyone. Doc just prescribed her antibiotics, looked at me like I'm an idiot and told me to just give them to her. That's that problem solved then. Why didn't I try that before Hmm

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