6 childrens cough mixtures - Banned!

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Here

all seems a bit wishy washy - I mean they are not even stating the brands and no mention on sky news

Don't like to alarm anyone, but my mum was a pharmacist (retired now) and had a complete fit when I said I'd tried DS on Medised. She said it can give respiratory problems. She even checked with another pharmacist for me. Who knows if she's right, but it scared me right off it..

what is the big deal about medised? - it is paracetamol i.e same as Calpol with a tiny bit of antihistamine in?

My 6m old has had a virus for over a week now and is having one dose a day - he is utterly miserable apart from the few hours after the dose.

All medications can have unwanted side effects not just medised.

I've said on here before that my daughter, one of the world's most placid-natured who isn't allergic to anything we know of, goes HYPER when given anything that sends other kids to sleep - tried and tested when given a pre-med in a hospital setting.

Why is ok to put artificial sweeteners and colourings in medications? It's not necessary and often parents prob don't even think about that side, only the drug side, and so probably don't think about the potential unwanted side effects of the colouring and sweetener.

completely agree about the artificial colourings and sweeteners - that is what they should be banning, not the actual active drug that works well if given responsibly in the correct dose.

Once again, the behaviour of a few spoils the choices of the many...

Banning is perhaps not the way to go.. but pharmaceutical bums need to be covered...

They haven't taken paracetamol and ibuprofen for children off the market. And cough mixtures don't work and are just an expensive con anyway. Can't see the problem, myself.

sigh ... yes. I have been down at the hospital twice in the last week with my poor poorly baby and I asked about using calpol, medised etc. The paedriticians actually told me to give him more based on his weight as the doses on the bottle are apparently already quite conservative (as they should be) and that they felt it was far better to keep them dosed up with the maximum ammount while they were ill rather than letting them suffer and be in pain. I know the colourings etc aren't great and noone would advocate long term use but to get them through a week of pain and misery here and there I don't see how that is wrong. Are there any documented instances of parents od'ing their children on Medised?

yes that's the Paracetamol and Nurofen obviously - sorry was digressing, I did ask about Medised as well and they said the same - just substitute for Calpol i.e be aware it has paracetomol in too.

They say it is better to give honey-no mention of the fact that honey shouldn't be given to a child under 12 months old

good point!!!!

Why shouldn't honey be given before 12 months?

Allergens, AN

Oh. See, I learn something new every day on MN.

Honey shouldn't be given before 12 months because of the risk of infant botulism

it's actually because of the risk of botulism

Science teacher - can you explainm further?

I thought you couldn't give honey because honey was aseptic (could sustain good and bad bacteria??) - is that the same thing??

Honey is a miracle for coughs, drop a bit in warm milk, rub with vicks get a humidifier - I defy anyone whom this does not work better than medised for (half joking)

As for banning Calpol and Medised

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I think you can still get these medicines if you go to the pharmacist and tell him/her they are for a two year old.

Can someone clarify for me - you can still buy regular Calpol off the shelf for an under-2, just not Calpol Night or Medised, yes?

looks like regular calpol and regular infant ibuprofen are both fine..

Right, that's OK - I have a teething 7mo here and got a bit worried! Thanks

nothing is banned - will just be placed behind pharmacy counter so you have to ask for them, and presumably be given a spiel on not overdosing your children.

Yet another thing I'll just order from the US then and have brought across because the British government glorifies living in pain and thinks I'm too illiterate to administer a dose properly.

Yawn. Same shit, different day.

You could have half your arm hanging off and they'd probably offer you paracetemol, and another person telling you, 'Well, I had my whole arm off and took only one paracetemol so you're just a wuss.'

Better living through chemistry.

or use steam.

what a crock!

works for all of about 5 minutes if your neck doesn't crick out before that.