My 6 year old son has been prone to ear infections since the age of two years old. He really suffers when an infection strikes and we have had nights where he has literally been screaming in pain all night. I rang my local Primary Care unit but they refused to see him until he'd had the pain 24 hours! They recommended that I keep him warm, comfortable and give him regular doses of Calpol alongside Nurofen for Children if possible. I regularly gave him Calpol when an ear infection occured, but it didn't seem to touch the sides with him with this kind of pain. However, I had never tried Nurofen before so sent the other half out to get some. ~The ...  Read the complete review

This has got to be the best most effective medicine on the market. It is a known fact that children do not have a fully formed immune system until they are 5 years old so they will suffer from cold after cold. You can keep taking them to the doctor and they will just advise that it is teeth cutting or a general cold that is causing the symptoms and to give them childrens paracetamol. I used bottle after bottle of medicin with my first child he must have had a cold every week but nothing that I used seemed to help him. Have you every tried to give them medicine from a spoon at a young age? How hard is it? I visited my local pharmacy who advised ...  Read the complete review

When my daughter was a baby, i always used calpol for pain and fever.Then as she started growing she refused to take any medicine as she doesnt like the taste.Even when mixed with something else, calpol still tastes like calpol!! Then just by change we found Nurofen orange, one weekend when she had a fever.I was a bit worried that she wouldnt take it, so i mixed the dose with a little orange juice and hey presto!!Down in one. Result!!Her temperature dropped rwally quickly and now she takes it no problem without the orange juice, but there is a tip if your child refuses to take medication and it doesnt affect the performance of the medication at all. Now if she ...  Read the complete review

I love this stuff, although my girls do prefer the strawberry flavoured one. When i first tried them with orange though they had never tried it before so probably just because it was a new taste. Anyhow back to the medicine i actually prefer this more than the well known brand calpol and has always seemed more effective to keep their temperature down. It comes in a box and within is 100 ml bottle of nurofen and an easy to use syringe. Nurofen has a nozzle in the end of the bottle which you insert the syringe tip upside down and pull the level on the syringe to the correct amount. I think is a great idea and you definately know how much you little ...  Read the complete review

Although Calpol seems to do the job with easing my daughter's pain, there are some times where she needs a little bit more and ibuprofen is ok to take with paracetamol based products so I always make sure I've got a bottle of Nurofen just in case she needs it. I normally buy the strawberry flavoured Nurofen but my local Tesco didn't have any in when I last bought it so I bought the orange flavour instead. Nurofen for children in the orange flavour is widely available to purchase from supermarkets, chemists and places such as Boots. A 100ml bottle usually costs around £3. The packaging is typical of the Nurofen brand being mainly silver in colour with the ...  Read the complete review