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Alternative to Calpol

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Weathergirl1 · 30/12/2019 17:03

My LO is having his first jabs on Thursday and I received a letter while we were away for Christmas that said I might want to use prophylactic paracetamol for the new meningitis jab...

I don't plan to use Calpol as it contains crappy artificial colours (I avoid them myself due to a skin condition, so I don't want to give them to DS unless I really have to) but I'm struggling to find ingredients lists for other brands. According to Which? The Asda version also contains colours. I've found a Wilko one and a Lloyds pharmacy one online but neither list out ingredients other than to say they contain maltitol and to check the leaflet - bit concerned I have only got tomorrow to get this sorted with it being New Year's Day on Wednesday!

If you use a different brand/generic version, I'd be really grateful if you could post a picture showing the ingredients!

TIA

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dementedpixie · 30/12/2019 17:22

You get colour free calpol

iheartspiders · 30/12/2019 17:25

Baby ibuprofen is colourless from what I recall.

Also, search on medicines.org.uk for the different brands. It includes all the ingredients etc (and all the leaflet info)

dementedpixie · 30/12/2019 17:27

The baby is too young for ibuprofen. Paracetamol is what is recommended for after the MenB jab

iheartspiders · 30/12/2019 17:28

Fair point.

Sugar free and colour free calpol: www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/5908/smpc

Weathergirl1 · 30/12/2019 17:36

Ah thank you, I didn't realise you could get Calpol colour-free! Bonkers they still put colours into children's (and adults) medicines that aren't even used in sweets anymore 🤷

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loutypips · 30/12/2019 18:02

I'm pretty sure boots and Tesco's own versions are colour free.

CourtneyJayne95 · 30/12/2019 23:48

Give em a shit of jd, works for mine

CourtneyJayne95 · 30/12/2019 23:48

Shot sorry

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