Suppositories in children

[Mollycat1]

Is it just me or is it not common in the UK to give children suppositories when they have a temperature to get it down. I lived in the UK for 30 years and never on a day to day basis heard of a parent choosing suppositories over calpol/nurofen.

Now living in Ireland and it is extremely common here infact my SIL uses them just in case her toddler gets a temp? Everyone recommends them and I am just surpirsed. I know that people have to use them for stopping seizures etc but not for common colds/temps.

I have no problem either way just curious to what people think.

They use one called paralink its paracetamol!

Paracetamol suppositories are GREAT for bringing down a fever quickly if a child refuses to take orally. When my DS1 was 16mths he had a febrile convulsion and it was refusing oral calpol so he had suppositories at the hospital and now i always have them at home. As a nurse we use them a lot in adults who are nil by mouth and certainly the rectal route has a faster absorption rate so temps are brought down quickly and you know proper dose has been given as no dribbling or spilling of the medicine like orally. They are very expensive to get for children from the chemist here in uk for some odd reason

Maybe thats the reason kitkey why they are not used as much as in Ireland, All medicine is expensive here so it doesnt matter what you choose!