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Should i be giving DS piriton??? Advice please

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Taylormama · 09/05/2007 12:33

DS who is 11 months and 1 week has chicken pox and is very itchy - he is rubbing his ears and eyes where he has a lot of spots. I have got some piriton syrup which says for 1 year and over - am i being over cautious with PFB or should i not give it to him? He isn;t on other meds ...

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jellyhead · 09/05/2007 12:34

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maretta · 09/05/2007 12:41

My doctor gave me the go ahead to give piriton to my ds when he was 10/11 months old.

DimpledThighs · 09/05/2007 12:43

I would give it too.

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WanderingWanderer · 09/05/2007 12:48

i gave it to my 11 mo but a slightly reduced dose and only at bedtime.

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Taylormama · 09/05/2007 12:53

thank you - think consensus is reduced dose at bedtime. Have smothered the poor child in calamine and he is having an oaty bath tonight but his poor ears of full of little blisters - makes me itch just looking at them ...

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