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Antibiotic help please!

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giddyasakipper · 02/01/2023 19:23

5 year old DD has been prescribed antibiotics for suspected Strep A, but due to to National shortage she has been given tablets rather than liquid.

She cannot physically take a tablet - has anyone got any ideas for how I can get them in? It's half a tablet 4 times a day for 10 days!

I have managed to dissolve one in boiling water and make a mini hot chocolate which she has taken but I'm not sure if this could change the efficacy of the antibiotics?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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soggydigestives · 02/01/2023 19:29

Try bashing the tablet up and mix it with a yogurt or something.

bigbluebus · 02/01/2023 19:29

I remember being given tablets in a teaspoon of strawberry jam as a child. Probably wouldn't be recommended by a dentist but more unlikely to change the effectiveness of the antibiotics than boiling water.

PurBal · 02/01/2023 19:32

What @bigbluebus said

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