What can I give 1 year old for cough?
Cally has had a cold for nearly a week - horrible snotty nose and gunky eyes. Now she has a cough too - which is mainly just through the night. Last 2 nights we have had hardly any sleep. She is getting quite distressed when she can't stop coughing so I have given her calpol, which only helps a little bit. I have had to give her a bottle at 5 am and 2am the last 2 nights, which has helped her calm down, but she still wakes coughing after a while.
I remember hearing in the news a while ago that we shouldn't give cough medicine to LOs but can't remember why. Can anyone enlighten me please and advise me of what I could give to Cally? (She will be one this Wed.)
Thank you, Alison xx
I remember hearing in the news a while ago that we shouldn't give cough medicine to LOs but can't remember why. Can anyone enlighten me please and advise me of what I could give to Cally? (She will be one this Wed.)
Thank you, Alison xx
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it was found that it was the way they were being used i.e people giving to much of the medicine (more than the recommended dose) or people giving paracetomol along side the medicine, which your not supposed to do.
i think its more of a case of people not checking the dosage properly and not checking that nothing can be taken with it.
so they were actully taken off the shelves as precautionary and re-labelled (most of them) for over twos. it says in the report that the medicines were never dangerous just the way they were being used.
plus tixylix just has mainly glycerol which soothes more than it is a medicine, i think the best thing would be to talk to a pharmasist if your not sure! xxx
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A pharmacist should be able to advise you fully though.