I think the addatives in Calpol are making my 5 year old bounce off the walls, can I give him half a paracetamol instead?

[SmugColditz]

I'm sure it would be the same dose as two spoons of calpol, without the e420, e218, e216, e214, e122 and maltitol.

ask doc for prescription paracetamol(its like calpol) but doesnt have aditives

sorry dont know about tablet

what are you gving it for? Is it temp or pain relief.
My DS can't tolerate calpol so I use cooling flannels and a fan when he has a temperature.

it's for pain relief, he has a headache.

Does prescription paracetamol come in a sweet suspension then?

Colditz - I always used soluble paracetamol for mine (Panadol) once they got to 6. Tis cheaper and the grown-ups can have it as well. They're very big and easy to break in half before dissolving so you could give 250mg or even 125mg (ish).

we use medinol.

still has sugar and sweetners in but no nasty colours.

I looked at the panadol and medinol, but it says 6+ and he's only just 5.

it has saccarin or sucrolose i think

Co-ops own brand is supposed to be additive /E free ? Not seen it but remember reading it somewhere ....

My H (a doc) says the paracetamol dose for a child is 15mg per kg of weight every 6 hours.

So if he weighs 15kg his dose is 225g, which is almost half a paracetamol.

Thing is, will he swallow it?!