Medised. Are people still giving it to under twos?

[MoooCow]

I have given my baby medised in the past when she has has a bad cough and cold. I have just bought a bottle today and it now says for over 2's. I cant see that the ingredients have changed, just wondering if anyone is still giving it to under two's.

I thought it had changed again to under twelves?

i would be if mine were still under two... but as they aren't i can afford to admit that lol

they are changing to not under age 6. there is a thread frm last week about it.im still giving it to my 2.8 yr old. it used to be for over 3 months 2 years ago

I bought a bottle from last week, and was told they were only giving it me as my son was over 6 and I'd used it before, but they had to inform me new goverment recommendations are for it not to be used by children under 12.

I've used it with my 2 sice they were babies, and since none of the 'ingredients' in it have chnaged would have no problem giving it to a child under 2.

Just had a weekend with a friend who is giving it to her 10 month old. She seemed unaware of new advice. Said she uses it rarely when she and dd need good nights sleep. I've never used it myself, only heard of it on here.

I'm still giving it to my 18mo. Still have a bottle with the original dosage on for under 2's and don't use it v often. I thought it was changed because stupid people were doubling up with calpol?

Stubby, that is the reason they changed it, and the reason they are now changing it to 6+.

The other reason is because it apparently has no effect. This seems illogical to me. Firstly, there are a lot of medicines out there that have no effect, and they don't ban them. And secondly, if it has no effect on a 5yo then how come it works on their 6th birthday?

Fortunately they're not going to stop selling it.

Of course, what they are going to do, is to continue selling it, without the dosage instructions for under-6s on the label. So that's really going to help the afore-mentioned stupid people, isn't it?

Yes, yes, yes. I am stillgiving it, what a load of old shite that new labelling is. Grrr.

fruitful I entirely agree with you - it is illogical, especially as they are saying it won't do any child any harm.

We don't use medised but another one of the medicines that is on the same list raising the minumum age from 6mts to 6yrs - Benelyn Coughs and Colds. Apparently it shouldn't work but it does - stops the coughs that seem to get worse at night and helps them sleep. You can tell when it wears off because they start coughing again practically on cue.

Personally I wouldn't stop giving it but then my youngest is 5.5 now so nearly within the new age range. I would think, since they haven't withdrawn it completely, that there is no harm in continuing.

They are advising against it in under 6s because it is believed to mask symptoms.

mask symptoms?

what, like being awake and irritable?

i'm all for that lol.

Yes. Ds (5 months) has had it on occasion (using dosage instructions from bottle pre the change).

thanks for imput guys. I have given a dose as recommended, pre this month, which my previous bottle of medised said was ok for children over 3 months! She is super snotty, coughy, and hasn't slept all day due to this. Happy baby sleeping, happy Mummy not dealing with a very tired snotty baby!

When I say mask the symptoms I mean that it makes your child sleepy and less alert which could hide other important symptoms of more serious illnesses. Is everyone aware that you should no longer alternate calpol and ibuprofen in a child with a temperature also?

I was informed by GP that, because they do different things, there was no need to alternate but that they could be given at the same time.

Example - very high temperature to bring down to 'manageable' level with either/or.

Latest is that you should give one or the other not both or alternate. Gps are still telling people to starve children with diarrhoea and vomiting too and that is so out of date.

Any links for that Bunch?

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Rotavirus-gastroenteritis/Pages/Treatment.aspx?url=Pages/What-is-it.aspx

And the link about given paracetamol and ibuprofen www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG47PublicInfo.pdf

find it quite that people take no notice of the updated guidelines on giving medicines like this.

Do people have the same attitudes to the new guidelines on weaning or updated guidelines re sids because "nothing's changed"?

Guidelines usually change for good reason.

Having googled this though, there has been research since those guidelines were published showing that ibuprofen and paracetamol are fine to be taken together, with calls for NICE to change their guidelines...

I'm still giving Medised to my 11 month old. He has been so coldy this week he couldn't feed properly. Medised may not "work" but it has allowed him to breathe, sleep and eat for last two days.

I think that the worry is if its allowing your child to sleep then you aren't necessarily going to be able to tell if your child is 'drowsy' and more unwell.

I used medised for the first time last year when ds was nearly 4, I have used it on 3 occasions in total. Last week ds was up nearly every night with a cough and temperature so I used it to give him a good nights sleep. Is this really so bad? I'm not sure what to do now.