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Calpol - I literally don't know what to do

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Wednesdayafternoon · 15/06/2022 09:04

My son will not take any form of medicine. I've tried absolutely everything. Literally everything.
Put it in food put it in a drink pinned him down... literally everything I can think of but he won't take any medicine. He also won't eat.
I'm absolutely at my whits end. He's unwell but I can't give him anything. I am considering ringing the doctors up but even if I do I won't be able to get him to take the medicine.
I have 2 poorly boys at home and I feel like I'm going to have a nervous breakdown :(
He's still having breast milk and water. He's 2.

Please does anyone have any ideas?!

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Lalosalamanca · 15/06/2022 13:11

Oh OP I feel your pain. I had this with all my kids. In the end I would Bribe mine with presents, buying little toys I would give them every time they took their medicine. It still was a struggle but in the end they realised it wasn't so bad and they quite liked all the positive reinforcement and presents so it got easier, but quite expensive for me when they were poorly xx

tigertummy · 15/06/2022 13:20

I had this with mine. I tried everything. In the end what I found worked best was I would switch between 2 ridiculous methods... put some neat squash in a cup, add the medicine, and then put in a fun straw or hide the medicine on a spoon under a giant chocolate button.

Desperate times!

tokyotea · 15/06/2022 13:21

Could you squirt it on top of yoghurt? Then spoon the top part first and give it to him? Don't tell him it's medicine, just like you're giving yoghurt. Lately mine will only do it if I make a big deal of him holding it himself 'do you want to hold it? Wow good job etc' so whilst he's holding it in his mouth I'll push the syringe in quickly. Honestly it's so tedious. Hope they get well soon.

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Wednesdayafternoon · 15/06/2022 20:27

So I popped it in today and he rolled over and squealed and it flew out I couldn't believe it 😂
Fingers crossed it's doing the job bless him!

On the packet it says 1-5 years old 1-2 doses but my perscription says 1 dose? Is it going to be enough 🤷🏼‍♀️
He's two?

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Dyra · 16/06/2022 06:43

Follow what the prescription says. They'd have taken into account his age (and therefore his likely weight), and a single suppository at a time will be a safe dose of paracetamol for him.

wibblewobbleball · 16/06/2022 06:54

My GP refuses to issue suppository paracetamol for children. The advice I got was to use the 6+ calpol and only use 2.5ml (instead of 5ml of the more baby calpol you would use) as it's less to try to get down them, or get a calpol fast melt break it in half to get the equivalent dose for a 2 year old and grind to a powder between two teaspoons then tip it in their mouths under their tongue.

JuneJubilee · 16/06/2022 07:07

wibblewobbleball · 16/06/2022 06:54

My GP refuses to issue suppository paracetamol for children. The advice I got was to use the 6+ calpol and only use 2.5ml (instead of 5ml of the more baby calpol you would use) as it's less to try to get down them, or get a calpol fast melt break it in half to get the equivalent dose for a 2 year old and grind to a powder between two teaspoons then tip it in their mouths under their tongue.

Probably because they're comparatively expensive but you can just buy them OTC.

wibblewobbleball · 16/06/2022 15:41

I@JuneJubilee I tried to get them OTC and was told they were prescription only!

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Wednesdayafternoon · 16/06/2022 20:22

Just want to thank everyone so much on this thread for the tips.
The suppository has been an absolute game changer and I seem to have FINALLY got on top of his temperature! I'm gonna keep the rest for an emergency and really try my best to get him happy using a spook etc in the meantime.

I was wondering does all medicine come in this form? For example antibiotics etc? Just curious!

Thanks so much all again!

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Shoopshoopshoopshoopshoop · 16/06/2022 20:29

@wibblewobbleball I buy these ones

www.chemist-4-u.com/alvedon-suppositories-125-mg

collieresponder88 · 16/06/2022 20:34

Medicine then boob and don't give in !

probabyam · 16/06/2022 20:46

We used suppositories at that age, as ours was a Calpol refuser as well. We bought a loads when we were in Spain. More common to use for kids in Europe, they think we're silly not too. I asked the doctor for some and he said he could order them in, said they aren't used as much here because of being a bit weird about it or something, cultural I guess.
I just did it at nappy change, don't have to push it far, just so it disappears up their bum then you're done. Absolute life saver and used in the night too. Now both take Calpol which is good.

probabyam · 16/06/2022 20:47

Unfortunately antibiotics don't seem to. They are still a massive pain to give to my two as they always taste awful!

doadeer · 16/06/2022 20:50

My son is autistic and won't take calpol at all. We use suppositories. GP can prescribe or if we need urgently you can buy from pharmacy. Expensive but worth it to reduce his stress and make sure he has a proper dosage when he needs it.

doadeer · 16/06/2022 20:54

Oh sorry i see the conversation moved on.

I dip it in olive oil then I leave my finger there for a second in case his muscles squeeze it back out.

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