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GIving foul tasting medicine to a small child - anyone else having nightmares with this?

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JackBauer · 22/08/2009 19:54

DD1 suffers from urine infections so when I saw the early signs of one 2 days ago I set off to the docs for anti biotics, they gave us some new stuff (normally trimethoprim) which tastes awful, worst than the trim she normally has.
She retched so much the first time she brought up her entire meal, which was fun. I have now resorted to lemonade between small amounts off the syringe (she won't have the spoon 'as that si what makes me sick' and then chocolate or sweets afterwards, this is after coaxing her out from under the table where she is cowering and weeping.

And I have to do this 3 times a day for another week

Any advice, better tricks, ways to convince her to not freak out so much? She knows why she has to have it but she is only 3.6 so that is nto a huge help.

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ilovepeppapig · 30/08/2009 10:28

hi watching this thread with interest. my dd (7) has cf so is on flufluxicillion twice daily 365 days a year. She sicks it up and cowers under the table and begs me not to give it to her.

this week she has been given a "pink" version which is a bit better. i use a syringe a give t in little bits with gulps of water between and some jelly tots after.

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