medication available via suppository in mainland europe?

[Yorkiegirl]

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Yorkiegirl - suppositories are on their way out. Many paeds here no longer prescribe them.

It is now widely recognised how psychologically traumatic it can be for children to have things pushed up their bottoms through their anus. It is totally unnatural and can be the cause of all kinds of other problems.

My DD had paracetamol suppositories following a convulsion when we were in Portugal on holiday, it kicked in super quick. Poor DS, nearly 1 is currently on a course of glycerol suppositories for chronic constipation, he doesn't even blink when it goes in-so I am not worried in the slightest about any long term effects.

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Yorkiegirl - yes, I know this is the issue.

I'm just answering your question (partially) - not as much medicine is available/prescribed in suppository form as in the past, for the reason I gave.

Here are a few tricks which I realise you must have tried anyway:

• mix in very sweet drink like ribena
• mix in very sweet yogurt
• Give slowly in a seringe when asleep (she'll automatically swallow).
• Last resort: soak a sugar cube with medicine.

How about tablets. You can grind them and mix with above or other foods. Ask your farrmacist for appropriate dose.

Agee with Anna on suppos. I've only used them in exceptional fever when DS was a tiny baby.
I could not contemplate asking him to hold still while I was trying to push it through. He would look at me like if I was a loony.

What kind of medication are you looking for? I have given painkillers (parecetemol, and something stronger i believe), fever relief, and eucalyptus type suppositories for blocked noses in the past. How old is DD? I ask because mine will no longer accept this form of medicine at nearly 3.

Germans are huge suppository fans, particularly for children. I've never really needed any for dses, but I expect there are loads of things available. Are you after anything in particular?

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I take dses' temperatures rectally. More accurate than under arm and they are used to it so fine with it. I think having a hermometer stuck under your tongue is pretty unpleasant too actually.

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I'll have a look when I go out with the boys this afternoon (barring the torrential rain that looks possible), and update you on here

Was very relieved that they have suppositories here in Germany as ds1 & dd were terrible when they were little at taking medicine.
If you warm them in your hand & use a tiny bit of vaseline they should go in OK. When older, I told them the supps were "medicine torpedoes" and yes it's uncomfortable but over quickly.
Dd will take "Only toepedoes, Mummy" so it can't be that traumatic.
American friend ate hers in hospital once. Said she couldn't believe the nurse wanted to stick something so big up her ass
You can get them on prescription I think in the UK?
Only paracetamol afaik

just saw you have the paracetamol
Goods thing Berolina's on the case.
Will ask doc friend on Monday

there are definitely other things than paracetemol available. I must still have some left that were prescribed for my DD when she burnt herself. Those were for pain, and stronger than parecetemol. I will look this evening when I'm back home. I can send you them if they're suitable.

YG - sorry, didn't get out yesterday, sh1te weather. Will try again today

suppositories work very well with small babies who will not or cannot take oral medicine.

When dd2 was unconcious having a febrile convulsion, a paracetamol suppository was the only why I could get paracetamol into her, to bring her temperature down and stop the convulsion. By the time she was in the ambulance, her temperature had lowered from more then 40°C to 38°C, and she was regaining conciousness, due to the suppository.

Thery are very widely used in Belgium. They do not cause psycholgical trauma, unlike the first time I tried to give DD1 oral medicine and she choked on it, and got very distressed.

I have used motilium suppositories against vomiting, when oral medication does not stay down.

iirc we had Paracetamol (available in several strengths), anti-inflammatories (one I think was Ibruprofen based), a travel sickness and I think Buscopan.

there's also a menthol type suppository which works very well when they have such a bad cough they cannot sleep.

Anna sounds like a Freudian to me. But we don't all have the same hang-ups that afflicted 19th century Vienna.

I really don't think dd suffered any hangups and even in ds, who was older, the benefits of prompt treatment outweighed any "trauma" of the moment.

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I have been to the chemist and acquired an apparently homeopathic suppository which is fine for children and supposed to act against fever. That was all they had sans paracetamol at that chemist. Would you like me to send you it?

I am a fine and buy mine in Sweden. They use it in hospitals there. I don't agree with Anna888 at all. My children don't even notice it and grew up getting my pain killers that way without any lasting trauma. Works a lot quicker and you don't have the issue of them not wanting to take it or being sick.

I am a fan. A fine fan...he he

There was a similar thread a while ago. Very common in Italy (antibiotics, paracetamol etc) esp for children.