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Infant paracetamol that tastes nice?

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fruitful · 27/09/2006 15:51

Dd (4) has a temperature that is going down with paracetamol, but not with nurofen. Trouble is, she likes the taste of Infant Nurofen, but not the paracetamol (Boots own). I don't blame her, I tried it and its bitter. She doesn't like Calpol either. Are there any brands that taste ok?

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SoupDragon · 27/09/2006 15:52

Isn't nurofen orange? One of the own branded paracetamol syrups is orange.

Or is it just the box that is orange...?

brightwell · 27/09/2006 15:53

I used to mix Calpol with undiluted blakcurrant squash to get my DS to take it.

CountessDracula · 27/09/2006 15:54

nurofen comes in orange or strawberry

Funny, nurofen is usually better at bringing down a temperature. I would ask in Boots if they have any other flavours

fishie · 27/09/2006 15:56

ds will only have medinol of all the paracetamols. it is less articifical tasting than some but still not very nice.

lummox · 27/09/2006 15:56

is it the sugar free you tried? ds will only have the rot your teeth full sugar calpol.

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fruitful · 27/09/2006 16:04

We've got the orange nurofen.

CD - I always try both when they've got a fever because its usually one or the other that works, and it differs from illness to illness. Strange.

Maybe I'll get some sugar-full Calpol.

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fairyjay · 27/09/2006 16:04

I always found using a syringe helped - it measured more accurately, and the children got less of the taste.

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fruitful · 27/09/2006 16:09

Fairyjay - dd has too many memories of being wrestled to the floor and a syringe of medicine forced through her clenched lips...

My friends have children who beg to be allowed more calpol. Not fair!

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fairyjay · 27/09/2006 16:11

Oh dear - it's gonna have to be bribery then

Medulla · 27/09/2006 16:17

DD used to hate calpol too. She would take infant Disprol - but I always had a job finding it.

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fruitful · 27/09/2006 19:42

Fantastic! Thank you Lummox. We have sugar-full Calpol. The lady in the pharmacy offered me two different boxes of sugar-free Calpol with me saying "no look it says sugar-free" and then she rummaged under the counter and produced the sugared version. With me chuckling quietly at the idea that medicine with sugar in is now an "under-the-counter" product.

Anyway, dd said it tasted nice. I have obviously spent 4 years forcing sugar-free medicines down my children's throats, completely unnecessarily. Grr. I thought the sugar-free ones still had sweeteners in? Obviously not enough.

Fairyjay - we do bribery. She sits there with the chocolate button in her hand, ready to shove it in her mouth as soon as she has swallowed the evil medicine!

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Neena28 · 27/09/2006 19:45

Both my kids only like the full fat calpol. To be honest have always thought if they are poorly enough to have it (I am a medicine scrooge!) then the extra sugar might give them a tiny sugar rush that might in a very tiny way make them feel a bit better.

Know quite a few if ds's friends that seem to drink medised all the time though so that must taste ok too and I think its paracetamol?!

Neena28 · 27/09/2006 19:47

I will read the whole thread not just the op before I post.

I will...

hub2dee · 27/09/2006 19:53

I give dd (14 months) the syringe to hold. She shakes it a bit, but it inevitably ends up in the mouth, as so much does... then, in little movements, I can squish the odd ml into her mouth.

FWIW - I'm gonna try and buy some paracetamol suppositories for babies as I don't like the syringe / forcing thing nor the vague dosing if it is spat out etc.

Neena28 · 27/09/2006 19:55

Good luck with that hub very pleased that mine like calpol in that case!!

Medulla · 27/09/2006 19:55

paracetamol supps cost about £25 a packet!!

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fruitful · 27/09/2006 19:59

Medised is disgusting. I tried it when ds was making a huge fuss about it. But it does knock them out cold for the rest of the night and is therefore night-time medicine of choice in the Fruit household!

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hub2dee · 27/09/2006 20:02

No way Medulla. That can't be right !

Medulla · 27/09/2006 20:04

DD was unwell one night, medical centre had run out of supps, husband is a GP so went to local pharmacy to buy some and claim money back later - came home in shock £25 poorer (I think you might on be able to get them on prescription but I'm not sure about that one)

Miaou · 27/09/2006 20:05

Lloyds chemists do a blackcurrant flavour liquid paracetamol which, to my palate, tastes better than calpol.

hub2dee · 27/09/2006 20:13

Blimey.

Did some googling 'paralink suppositories' apparently have two appropriate sizes / doses for children. Will check out the cost tomorrow. If it really is so expensive, we'll do it on prescription.

Medulla · 27/09/2006 20:21

we had lowest dose I would think as DD was very small at the time. I guess it's low demand that put the cost up? Can't think why else they would be so expensive.

soggybottom · 03/10/2006 20:42

My 5mth has bit of cold. Tried Calpol but not sure if it's taste or not she dislikes. Medised does the same with her - shoots across the room along with previous meal. Tried pipette, syringe, spoon, from finger, not touching the tongue to prevent gagging - everything and it always comes back up. Any ideas?

soggybottom · 03/10/2006 20:42

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