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Benylin Children's Night Coughs |
| Date: |
06/03/07 (699 review reads) |
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Advantages: aides sleep, reduces coughing to a managable level
Disadvantages: It can't take it all away
As a parent of young children, I know how distressing it can be to listen to your child coughing helplessly through sleep. I know how it feels to get up 3 and 4 times in the night when your little one has woken up from coughing. I know how awful it is to cuddle your baby close as they whimper with a sore chest brought on from coughing.
Like most parents, I keep a well stocked medicine cabinet for occasions like this. For the last two nights my son who turns three at the end of the month has had a deep, raspy and obviously painful cough. Over the years, we have tried most children’s night-time cold and cough medicines and have finally settled on Benylin’s Children’s night Time Cough Medicine.
***Who are Benylin***
***How does it work – the science bit***
Benylin children's night coughs contains two main ingredients; diphenhydramine hydrochloride and levomenthol.
Diphenhydramine relieves coughs (as well as hay fever) by drying and thus reducing the production of Nasal mucus. Diphenhydramine also enters the brain which causes drowsiness, and this sedative aides with an undisturbed sleep while also helping to suppress the cough.
Levomenthol has cooling and decongestant properties that help soothe a cough and ease congestion.
***Is it child approved***
I am sure one of these days it will change, but for now I am blessed with a 3 year old who is not only laid back about taking medicine, but a child who loves it!
This particular medicine has a raspberry flavour which taste like (according to my son) ice cream syrup topping.
***Important Product Information***
*Ingredients*
Diphenhydramine hydrochloride 7mg, Levomenthol 0.55mg
*Dosage*
Children aged 6 to 12 years – 2 x 5ml spoonful every 6 hours
Children aged 1 to 5 years – 1 x 5ml spoonful every 6 hours
Children under 1 – not suitable
Do not use more than 4 doses within 24 hours
*Possible side effects*
• Drowsiness
• Dizziness
• Disturbances of the gut such as diarrhoea, constipation, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain
• Dry mouth, nose and throat
• Blurred vision
• Difficulty in passing urine (urinary retention)
• Awareness of you heartbeat (palpitations)
• Tremor
• Allergic skin rashes
***Packaging***
As is the case with most cough syrups or child medicines, this comes in a 125ml glass bottle with a secure childproof (and on several occasions mummy-proof lid. It comes in a multi-tone blue box with a sleeping bear in the bottom cornier and the recognisable Benylin logo in the top right-hand corner.
It comes with a plastic spoon with measurements and full medical instructions.
**Availability***
Benylin is a well known and popular choice and therefore is readily available from chemists like Boots, Semi-chem, Super-drug, Grocery stores like Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco’s and even well-stocked local corner shops.
***Cost***
£2.59 (approx) per 125ml bottle
***Conclusion***
I am resigned to the fact that there is no product available that will completely put a stop to your wee one’s cough however; Benylin’s Children’s night cough comes pretty close. Throughout the night last night I counted only three small, less stressful sounding coughs apposed to two nights previously when he had spent the majority of the night coughing and hacking away uncontrollably.
His cough throughout the day has also subsided – likely due the fact that he is getting some recovery time at night allowing his chest and throat to recuperate. It is also likely, that having had a good nights’ sleep, his immune system is feeling stronger and more able to combat the infection.
Children are unbelievably resilient and I am often blown away by their ability to recover and cope in instances that would bring many of us to a stand-still. However, no parent wants to listen to their child in pain and having a medicine handy that you can count on can easy the distress for both child and parent.
Summary: an effective solution to your child's cough
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