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can i share this with you regarding medicines?
i have posted this on an other foumn becouse i found it important and interesting. im not intending to upset or debate with anybody.
there was a doctor on this morning and he was explaining why a lot of medicines mainly night time formulations which help induce sleep have been banned in under 6 year olds. apparently lots of these meds have had insufficient drug trials as it difficult to trial on babies. also if you drug a child to sleep you could be potentially stopping them from waking when they are becoming more poorly. and also things like coughing are there to do a job to clear the lungs and it can be dangerous to prevent your child from coughing at night.
now i have a bottle of medised in my cupboard bought innocently on recommendation from a friend in old packaging from small chemist. i have used it and actually it didnt help daisy sleep. but this latest information has led me to throw it away i would never forgive myself if anything happened as a result of her taking this. i have actually got a very poorly daisy at the moment who has cried most of night for four nights now. she has bad cold and cough and developed a tempreture over night, it makes me wonder had she been given medised would she have woken up to tell me? makes me shudder.
again not hear to preach i would never tell anybody not to give there own children anything but praps not too advise other mums as i was to use these.
[Modified by: westbrom1 on 04 March 2009 15:16:57 ]
there was a doctor on this morning and he was explaining why a lot of medicines mainly night time formulations which help induce sleep have been banned in under 6 year olds. apparently lots of these meds have had insufficient drug trials as it difficult to trial on babies. also if you drug a child to sleep you could be potentially stopping them from waking when they are becoming more poorly. and also things like coughing are there to do a job to clear the lungs and it can be dangerous to prevent your child from coughing at night.
now i have a bottle of medised in my cupboard bought innocently on recommendation from a friend in old packaging from small chemist. i have used it and actually it didnt help daisy sleep. but this latest information has led me to throw it away i would never forgive myself if anything happened as a result of her taking this. i have actually got a very poorly daisy at the moment who has cried most of night for four nights now. she has bad cold and cough and developed a tempreture over night, it makes me wonder had she been given medised would she have woken up to tell me? makes me shudder.
again not hear to preach i would never tell anybody not to give there own children anything but praps not too advise other mums as i was to use these.
[Modified by: westbrom1 on 04 March 2009 15:16:57 ]
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thanks for sharing that. Thats very good points that was made about them sleeping through getting worse and coughing is for a reason.
Have replied on another forum too but I saw the piece and it's made me think twice. Have also taped it so oh will watch it as he's more prone to reach for the Calpol than I am.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any herbal things people could use instead? Maybe they're not as affective I don't know?
If you lo is over a year the best remedie is honey and lemon for a cough
xxDBxx