Flucloxacillin and calpol

[Roxie85]

Hi can anyone help me with 2 problems....
My 5.5 month old has been prescribed Flucloxacillin for a staph infection 4 times a day. Firstly she has started teething so am i allowed to give her calpol while she is taking it? She is currently screaming and dont have anyone to call and ask.

Also any tips on how to get her to take it as its bright pink and smells awful. It is supposed to be on an empty stomach but she spits it out when she has it from a syringe in her cheek. She is currently still breastfed.

Any help would be brilliant!!

I think thats the same antibiotic we were prescribed for DD's infection - bright pink, disgusting smell and taste. Unfortunately we could only get it into her by stealth after she started to recognise the colour in the syringe. It was awful - we'd do something to make her happy and laugh, hide it behind my back so that when she laughed I'd shove it straight to back of throat and down. It didn't always bypass all the tastebuds but I figured enough of it did even if a bit was spat back up. The look of betrayal was horrible though...
I'm not medical so can't remember if it is the same drug - but when she was taking that antibiotic she was also on max allowable doses of calpol and ibuprofen as well. Usually if theres something you mustn't do (e.g. no alcohol on adult antibiotics) the leaflet will spell it out, so I'd check that and if nothing would give some calpol.

Yes, calpol is just paracetamol and won't have anything to do with the antibiotic. You can give nurofen too.

Thanks so much. The calpol really helped settle her!

Hi

I’m posting on this just incase anyone else searches for Calpol/flucloxacillin and comes across this thread.

Do Not give both of these medicines alongside each other unless you have been given advice from either GP or Pharmacist. The patient information leaflet will tell you this!

better to be safe than sorry!