Allerief medication

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My DS has been given Allerief to help with his itchiness from eczema. The only problem is he’s only 7 months and it says not suitable for children under 1. Is it safe?

It will have been prescribed off licence and gp's can do that if required

I think that allerief is chlorphenamine (same anti histamine as used in piriton). It is safe to give under a year but only on prescription, so it's totally safe for you to use as direcred on the bottle for your 7 month old. Just remember he will only be able to have it twice a day rather than 4 hourly as older children would be able to have. Hope it helps.

Hello, I am literally going through the same thing for my 5 month old and was prescribes allerief today for eczema. Did you end up giving your baby it and did it help? X

Hello,
did you give this to your baby? I’ve been prescribed today for babies eczema and he’s only 5 months old xx

Sorry I have just saw this. Yeah unfortunately my baby has it almost daily still - he is 10 month . Currently waiting on allergy blood test results x