Medised for 22 month old?

[RockBird]

Let me lay out the background first..

DD seems to be teething. Her entire top gum is swollen to a degree that I've never seen on anyone ever. No doctors appointments available today, dentist over the phone said teething. I am off work today with her as she is not in a state to go to nursery.

She can't eat and has barely eaten for nearly a week. Is drinking milk though. She seems to be in a lot of pain, have been giving Calpol and trying Dentinox etc. But the pain is obviously keeping her awake and she has barely slept for a week either and she's exhausted. So my brother got me some Medised which I so far haven't given her.

The two issues are giving it to an under 6yo. My gp last year said the ruling was crazy and if used correctly he would still recommend giving it to under 6.

In addition, she is not yet two and the bottle says under twos with doctor's advice only.

So what would you do?

i wouldnt give medised to a baby of that age because of the diphenhydramine....

Paradoxical reactions to diphenhydramine are documented, particularly amongst children, and it may cause excitation instead of sedation.

These products that say sedative may and often do make the child overactive and it can have a stimulant effect on the heart...but i guess the choice is yours.

try ibuprofen, i've always found it to work better with my 2 than calpol, and it will reduce any swelling. am not a fan of medised, plus it tastes foul. do you have any ice pops in the freezer, something like that for her to suck on will help relieve it too.

put one of those gel teething rings if the fridge....and keeep it cool. I would be wary of ice pops as they might freeze burn the gums

alypaly - my DS has always gone a bit hyper on medised and not at all sleepy - I just thought I had an odd child. Thank you for posting that!

its quite common fimble

Thank you. I have a couple of those icy teething things but she won't put anything but her beaker near her mouth. I have managed to get a dentist appointment for her so they might be able to help. I'm despairing a bit because she is now refusing to take any Calpol or let me near her mouth. I feel so awful for her.

Anyway, you're all right, it's not a good idea to give it to her (even if she would take it) so I shall keep it sealed for a few years. Just wish I could do something to help her.

you can get paracetamol suppositories if you are desperate.

Both mine get hyperactive and have horrible poo if they take medised, so I don't ever use it now.

i've got an bottle here with the old dosing amounts and have given it to one year old dd when i feel it necessary. obviously i wouldn't do this if it sent her wild, but when she's teething really badly (she gets that swollen gum thing too, doesn't eat, it's misery) then i have used it. all meds should be used with caution, of course, but my gp said that it would be fine so long as i was aware of the paracetamol.

Well, dentist said it wasn't teething, looks more like a virus. So we're no better off and off to doc tomorrow. She's still refusing all food even though she must be starving. She comes over to see what we're eating, looks at it and then wanders off. It's heartbreaking