Anyone suggest a "calpol" type medicine with no sugar substitutes?

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Is there anything out there for babies without sorbitol, glycerin, aspartame or saccharine in terms of a paracetemol elixir? Why do they put such junk in remedies for children? Argh

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Newbarnsley, that is the "sweetened" nurofen??

Is it?

This one I've got is the chemists own brand, Numark.

It says
" Colour and sugar free" then it says "Orange flavoured" lol!

I didn't realised they squeezed fresh oranges in to medicine these days!

oh crikey that is really depressing. What are we supposed to do??? just use very apringly? i mean sometimes you do just need to give it. why does it have sorbitol and colouring in it??????
anyoen found anything with fewer additives? (I know some chemists do own-brand versions and in fact a friend who is a pharmacist never buys branded ones (much dearer). But are they any better?

buy 500mg soluble paracetamol tablets and dissolve a quarter or a half in juice depending on the dose you are after - a quarter = a teaspoon of calpol

I have the same trouble and have tried crushing adult paracetamol and mixing with jam/syrup/condensed milk (whatever rocks their boat.....). Last time DS1 needed pain relief he was in hospital and had just knocked 2 top teeth out, so I could hardly refuse their soothing elixirs...poor chap was hysterical. But we paid for it later.

Thanks for that Jasper. I double checked your ingredients and they are correct!

I imagine the actual quantity of any of these ingredients in 5ml of calpol is so small compared to the amount in a fizzy drink or an ice lolly that it really won't affect even the most sensitive child (unless they are wildly allergic). It is not as though you give them calpol every day is it?

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I'm with triceratops on this - the quantities are so so minute, I don't really worry about them. I don't give calpol very often at all - DS2 (6.5m) has only ever had half a dose.

And yeah, iboprofen's not great for the gut, at least not in any quantity. Also only good from 6 months.

mmddww, dd1 wont have calpol or nurofen as she hates the 'sickly' taste - I give her ribena (a secret bottle I keep in the medicine cabinet) - the full fat one - and dissolve junior disprol in it.

Unfortunately DS1 is that 'most sensitive of children' - and bear in mind that with Calpol, or bright yellow banana flavoured antibiotics, there is a cumulative effect; one dose won't make him too doolally, but a week's worth of 5ml 3 times a day, what with colourings, flavourings, artificial sweeteners and preservatives, adds up to a very nasty behavioural reaction. It's probably the same as a small pack of brightly coloured sweets every day. Of course - fortunately - most children aren't that sensitive, and the majority, I'm sure, don't react at all.
I wouldn't worry about the odd spoonful on health grounds, just that it turns DS into a raging angry fiend.

My 1.5 yr old had an awful reaction to a the carmoisine in calpol after being given it for 3 days with high fever. Totally hyper and aggressive whilst being really ill it was horrible to watch. Now I get the doctor to prescribe suppositaries and use them if he's really ill. No good of course if you're squeamish about putting something in your child's bottom but I was an au pair in Germany and this was what we always used! No additives, easily absorbed and doesn't even have to go via the stomach. The only ingredients are paracetamol and grease holding it together. The doctor told me they don't usually offer suppositaries due to "child protection". Well I'm his Mum so I dont really think that's an issue! It's pain and fuss free.
Now all I want to know is how come doctors have been so brainwashed by the pharmaceutical companies that they actually nearly all refer to infant paracetamol as Calpol - no wonder such a heinous substance has managed to corner the market.

Same problem here, DD is VERY sensitive to all this gunk & has ended up in A&E with what turned out to be Colitis as a result of it being prescribed before ...

our old Chemist was great, knew here problems & would automatically mix up additive free stuff for her, but we;ve had HELL & its been a real learning curve since he retired, as it turns out they are not allowed to do that any more, most just don't know how, & those that do need a special (expensive I'm told) licence

I've finally after seeing gastro Dr & trying to get our GP to help, (waste of time bar passing me on) seen a hospital dietitian, she was brilliant, knew the problems these chemical additives can cause (many can disbelieving the reaction can be so severe) She tells me its a new area of research with the NHS, but 1 they are realising is important,

she is finally sorting out letters to our GP telling her exactly what to write on prescriptions so that they are send of to a central pharmacy that will mix up additive free, it comes back the next day....so far the problem has been, the Chemist needs it written in a certain way, but doesn't know what as it varies according to the drugs needed, & GP had no idea what to write....though took seeing a 3rd GP to finally own up to that

In the mean time I did thankfully find a Chemist who, though not able to mix up, as not lisenced, came from a long line of Chemists & at least could explain it all to me :)..........he said the same as jasper above, but also went on to tell me to crush & mix it with neat RIBENA....apparently it was developed by Glaxo as a mask for Kids medicines, but it was so popular they marketed it as a drink......it will hide the taste of anything :)