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How to dissolve medicine/medicine aversion

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MattDad84 · 17/12/2022 07:59

My son is four and a half and has been ill with strep and the GP prescribed antibiotics. But apparently there’s a national shortage of liquid stuff, so he’s been given pills that we have to open up and get the powder out. But (here’s the problem), my son has taken an aversion to the powder when it’s mixed in to milk/juice/yogurt.He’s spat it out and gets upset when we try and persuade him to take it. I don’t think it’s the taste, rather the texture. Does anybody have tips on how to dissolve it or generally how to deal with aversion to medicine? We’ve tried lots of bribery but it’s not working ..

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Blondlashes · 17/12/2022 08:01

Have you tried just giving it to him as a capsule and not mixing it w yoghurt?

curvymumma79 · 17/12/2022 08:03

I was here last week, and it's been really hard.

We got some different flavours of squash, crushed the tablet really small with the back of a spoon, and got a straw.

It's the only thing that worked. Good luck!

Narwhal88 · 17/12/2022 08:05

Hi. I'm a pharmacy technician. Here is the guidance that has been released for this situation. You can disperse it (it will not dissolve fully but rather sit in the water).

www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/using-solid-oral-dosage-form-antibiotics-in-children/

ChristmasJingleBalls · 17/12/2022 08:42

Mine are on capsule medicine, we open it out into puddings, yoghurts, mini trifles, that sort of thing. Jam works well. It’s only once a day though!

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