TOO MUCH CALPOL

[huggybear]

i posted a comment a while ago on someone s thread about a friend who gave her dd 3 tablespoons of calpol to get her to sleep and people posted back that it was dangerous (as they should and i agree) but the problem is, is that shes still doing it! she lets her swig from the bottle and gives her 20mil ect. her dd is only 2 years old. ive told her over and over again that shes going to harm her daughter but she says "shes used to it" or "it wont do her any harm" and more recently shes actually handed her dd the bottle and said "lets make auntie xxx cross" ffs

i need advice of what to say/do because even if she seems fine after taking the calpol it could be doing her long term damage! ive seen her do it 3 times in the last week

msn! not you too? bah - should have known

Agree Flossam. Combining NSAIDS and paracetamol is a recognised, evidence based method of providing pain relief.

Nothing nasty no, but possibly infuencing a poster who does need to take action not too. And I think everyone else on this thread agrees Huggy does need to.

lol, that's OK flossam. The standard internet forum reply to anyone who's new but doesn't sign from the same song-sheet is to call them a troll.

You take your risks, and I'll take mine.

you've scared him off now anyway!

Oops

Well OK then TO, are you qualified in any which way to dish out this advice us? if you don't respond I will take it as a no and believe my point is proven, as will most on here IMO.

Also, you might like to look at this link here about pediatric liver disease regarding section A£ Fulminant Liver Failure. I doubt you are aware that acetaminophen is the american name for paracetamol.
Sorry everyone, I'm not usually quite this het up about things!

Sorry, section A3

Phew Flossam - glad you confirmed the ibuprofen/paracetamol issue. I'm a pharmacologist and for a small moment there thought I'd lost it!

Flossam, as I'm sure you know, on the internet you can pretend to be anyone or anything. I could tell you I've just passed my GCSEs or am a pharmacologist; you have no method of determining the truth.

However if you read down to my second post you will see that I suggested that a word with the health visitor may be the best option in these difficult circumstances.

I simply do not believe that it is necessary to try to 'shock' a person into doing something.

Gosh, if I was going to lie about it I'd be something much more glamourous than a flippin pharmacologist!!

Ah! - I thought TodayOnly was quite nice

oh! did I say? I can fix anything

are you sure?

listen mate i am an experienced lion tamer! Just checking. Heres a test- if she can answer correctly then she will be absolved of trolling accusations-
what two pieces of equipment do lion tamers ge
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calpol has no sedative in it, so it doesn't actually aid sleep, unless it is relieving pain or fever that is keeping a child awake. This child doesn't need it.

If ibuprofen and paracetamol are so dangerous to be taken together, why was that the recommended advice given to me for my dd1, when she had her tonsils out a couple of weeks ago? And codeine linctus?