sudocrem , calpol etc etc

jcr16

Well not really sure if this is old style or not. but it certainly saves u money on your grocery bill.
i found this out when my daugther was 8 weeks old and started teething.
your doctor can give u a prescription for calpol , bonjela , sudocrem and infacol. these products all cost a fortune. and all children under 16 have free prescriptions.
my doc gives me the huge tub of sudocrem , and a massive bottle of calpol. it all helps. i think last time i looked in tesco infacol was £3 something.
i have a fantastic doc and when my daughter has a cold i asked if i could get vic on prescription and could i have some. and he said yes of course. as i explained i was on a very tight budget and couldn't afford it. but unfortunatly the nhs don't supply it. but it is always worth checking.

hope this can help someone else out.

Pink.

Hi jcr16,

This is a great moneysaving post as not all new parents are aware of this, but it will probably get more views on the families board, so I'll move it over there for you.

Pink

pennies2pounds_3

Sounds great but do you have to prove that you are on benefits or anything?

Jay-Jay_4

pennies2pounds wrote:

Sounds great but do you have to prove that you are on benefits or anything?

No Prescriptions are free for under 16s. Most docs don't automatically offer such things but if you're at an appointment it's worth asking for things like paracetamol suspension and creams that you use all the time.

jellyhead

i had calpol on scrip once but our docs doesn't like to do it, they make you feel like a cheapskate and will only give you scrip if they think that the child would go without if you had to pay for it. on that occasion he would have had to wait for 2 days and then be taken a mile to the cashpoint, probably still vomiting before i'd have been able to get the calpol. i have bought it myself since then.

i get colief on prescription for him, it costs £9.99 a bottle, lasts for a week. colic usually stops at around 16 weeks but when we tried to reduce the colief used the baby was ill again. baby can't help being lactose intolerant. the doc said they'd rather give me colief than me go out and buy lactose free milk. i don't know what's wrong with lactose free milk, as far as i know it contains calcium nowadays (it didn't always, i have a lactose intolerant brother with knee problems due to lack of calcium as a baby) but they'd rather parents didn't use it.

can you really get bonjela on scrip? what about the homeopathic teething powders? i'd be too scared to ask, my docs are very grumpy lol!

bargainaddict

My SIL is on benefit and the doctor told her he wouldn't do a scrip for calpol. She felt so embarrassed she wont ask any more.

jellyhead

our docs try to embarass people about it too but if you really can't find the money to get calpol and you're going to the chemist to get a scrip for antibiotics etc. they will give you a scrip if they think the child really needs it.

jcr16

i'm lucky i have a fantasic doc, he is so accomdating. don't feel embarrased by asking. if u can't afford something then u can't afford it. but just ask the doc. all children under 16 are entitied to free prescriptions so it worth asking.
my old doc was very into homeopathic medicines but he would always ask what u would prefer. as far as i;m aware if it on the nhs then u can have it on prescription.

Woby_Tide

ours won't do prescriptins for calpol, just an NHS equivalent paracetomol suspension that tastes worse so babies won't take it. Think it normally depends on your Health Authority what they will and won't allow, plus how helpful doctor is