SUGAR FREE NUROWORK (Nurofen for Children)

Name: royray

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Product:	Nurofen for Children
Date:	24/11/03 (147 review reads)
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Advantages: Sugar free

Disadvantages: Did not work, Side effects

Last Friday Roy finished school for half term. Anyone who may be reading this and wondering who Roy is,well he is my six year old grandson who we look after every afternoon when he comes home from school,as his mom works.

Anyway,as I said his grandad picked him up Friday and he has ten days off school. As soon as he arrived home we knew he was unwell and as he would be staying with us for the duration of the holidays. We thought we had better get him some medicine for his awful cold and headache,plus he sounded as if his throat was Sore.

His granddad asked the local chemist what he recommended as Roy was in some discomfort and calpol would not be enough in this case. The chemist knows us quite well as Tom goes in every month with his wheel barrow to collect Our prescriptions. He suggested Nurofen as it is a pain killer and was also supposed to bring down any temperature.

When Tom bought the medicine home I studied it Well before giving any to Roy,as I always thought this was an adults medicine and didn?t want any mistakes. Apparently it can be given to babies from six months of age for teething and high temperatures. For a child under this age consult your doctor first.

I would advise any parent to ask the chemist first when buying this product,as there are lots of reasons you shouldn?t give your child this,the list is endless.

For instance the leaflet states do not give to babies or children who have stomach ulcers or other serious stomach disorders. Who suffer a worsening of asthma,runny nose or hives due to aspirin or other similar medicine.

The list is endless and truth to tell I felt a bit wary about giving this to Roy,but then most medicines have all sorts of scary warnings on them,and this bottle does say it can only be used for three days,it does not recommend prolonged use.

Anyway the actual dosage for Roy was 3.ml Spoonfuls three times in 24 hours. This particular one was orange,and quite pleas
ant to take,We gave it to Roy straight away on Friday and he was only slightly better by Sunday evening.

We stopped giving him this medicine then,as I was worried by all the warnings on the box. It contains Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml suspension. It is colour free,sugar free,and orange flavour.

The actual box is just a normal orange colour with a picture of a toddler playing with a baby. It cost £3-49 from the local chemist. It failed to work for Roy,but no doubt it does Work for other children.

I?m afraid in this instance I don?t recommend it.

Thanks for reading. Pat

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