injections for antibiotics?

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DD (3.9) has a urine infection and is currently at home involved in a FOUR-HOUR (so far) stand-off with DH about taking her antibiotics (I'm at work). We have never, ever managed to get even a spoonful of medicine into her, despite trying every trick in the book, including cajoling, bribes, threats, mixing with food, and holding her down and using a syringe. I had a huge talk with her last night about how doctors make us better, and when we're ill we have to be grown-up and take our medicine, etc, so I thought she might be OK today. But no, DH tells me she's just the same as ever - flat-out refusal/fighting.

But she clearly needs the antibiotics, and I just don't know what to do. She has suppositories for painkillers/fever reduction, which she doesn't mind (oddly), but I don't think you can get antibiotics in suppository form.

It sounds like an awful waste of NHS money, but does anyone know if it'd be possible to get the antibiotics as injections, maybe as an outpatient or in the GP's surgery? Or is that a totally ridiculous idea?

Feeling quite tearful about it (am complete failure, etc)

slightly hopeful bump

Hi, don't know much about the injections sorry. Although i believe hospitals can give them in extreme cases although they are very painful. Just a thought, there is an antibiotic called cefalexin which is a good all rounder antibiotic which im sure can be used for uti's. It is the ONLY pleasant tasting antibiotic - trust me it took a lot of research with pharmasists to find it due to the same probs with my DS refusing antibiotics. There are no sweeteners in it - and is very sugary - like the good old antibiotics we had when we were kids. Your DD may even like it on its own if you let her dip her finger into it first. I told my DS it was like runny sweeties ( I was desperate and it worked as he loves it!!). If not, it can be hidden in banana milkshake and its difficult for the little darlings to notice it because of the lack of sweeteners. Good luck. UTI's can turn nasty so I really hope it works for you.

Thanks for reply. The one she's been prescribed actually tastes quite nice! She's a very fussy eater, which doesn't help. We have now succeeded in getting two more doses into her, but only by holding her down very firmly, shouting at her and just shoving it in (plus a mini chocolate brownie afterwards), which I really don't like doing - it goes completely against my usual parenting style! I did actually call NHS direct about the injections, and they basically said 'just sit on her chest and get it down her' .