Prescriptions - Baby items

jeffer

Morty_007 wrote: »

Agree though that people should buy general Paracetamol liquid for kids over the counter.

Not only that but some of them should be questioning themselves why they are stuffing their kids with painkillers so often anyway.

jeffer

quintwins wrote: »

boots and tesco both do there own versions of calpol which are about £1.50 altho they are tiny bottles compared to the one the dr gives us, i have bought these before as it seems silly phoning the dr for a script for calpol

They're tiny bottles for a good reason: paracetamol is not meant for regular use for babies, only in acute situations like teething.

suki1964

I think its a total disgrace the way over the counter medicines are being funded by the NHS

|Sure if you are on benefits then go ahead and get it on script - otherwise theres no reason not to pay.

Is it no wonder theres no money for water mains, decent roads and a transport system

quintwins

jeffer wrote: »

They're tiny bottles for a good reason: paracetamol is not meant for regular use for babies, only in acute situations like teething.

your completely right but as i have 3 kids under 5 who all tend to get sick at once these tiny bottles will only last me a few days at the most, i'm lucky all my kids were very happy even when teething and never needed anything more than teething gel

Snoozle

I was quite glad to see the minor ailments scheme drastically cut back too. Every time I needed a bottle of Tixylix or Calpol or whatever, the pharmacist put me under huge pressure to take it free under the minor ailments scheme (I'm told by an 'insider' that they got £X per prescription from the government, rather than the few pence profit they would get by selling it over the counter). I hated it, I found it quite embarassing to think that this eventually made its way back to my doctors practice and made me look like someone trying to bleed the system dry when I could easily afford to buy these items myself. They are not expensive to start with, I agree with other posters that its crazy that people expect to get them free.

Old_Git

in the old days when we had to pay for prescriptions ,I used to get my prescription and then ask the pharmacist if it was cheaper to buy over the counter .Boots where the only ones that refused to sell branded products over the counter .I took my prescription elsewhere .

JoMac_2

jeffer wrote: »

Not only that but some of them should be questioning themselves why they are stuffing their kids with painkillers so often anyway.

Our baby is 7 months and he's teething at the moment and has a cold so we've been giving him one dose of Calpol before bed for a few nights this week to help ease the pain for him. It's not like we're stuffing him with painkillers. I'd imagine most parents would use any medicine for their children with care and only when necessary.

Yes we got a calpol equivalent on prescription when DS was getting his injections, HV ordered it for us but we didn't use it at the time, only more recently for his teething. But we bought Calpol as it seems more palatable and he takes it more readily. E45 etc is available for skin conditions. DS has eczema so we get doublebase for him and have tried lots of creams, this seems to be a good one.

quintwins

JoMac wrote: »

Our baby is 7 months and he's teething at the moment and has a cold so we've been giving him one dose of Calpol before bed for a few nights this week to help ease the pain for him. It's not like we're stuffing him with painkillers. I'd imagine most parents would use any medicine for their children with care and only when necessary.

Yes we got a calpol equivalent on prescription when DS was getting his injections, HV ordered it for us but we didn't use it at the time, only more recently for his teething. But we bought Calpol as it seems more palatable and he takes it more readily. E45 etc is available for skin conditions. DS has eczema so we get doublebase for him and have tried lots of creams, this seems to be a good one.

sadly this isn't turn alot of parents give far too much medicine to small children, hence the new laws around cough bottles i know i for one only give it as and when needed

also wanted to add diprobase (which i assume is what you meant) is fab theres also a bath additive of it (my lo got worse on the commonly used one in a blue and white bottle) which i find really helps

JoMac_2

I use diprobase for my eczema but DS has Doublebase, it's even better than Diprobase IMO and we also have the Doublebase bath additive for him, it seems to usually control his eczema but we do have to use small amounts of hydrocortisone from time to time when it gets bad.

steveymp

Old_Git wrote: »

in the old days when we had to pay for prescriptions ,I used to get my prescription and then ask the pharmacist if it was cheaper to buy over the counter .Boots where the only ones that refused to sell branded products over the counter .I took my prescription elsewhere .

My local Pharmacist told me if the product was cheaper to buy and tore up the prescription;)

I haven't had one since they became free:o I really didn't mind paying for 1 but having to pay for each item on a prescription was annoying, luckily my chemist told me most thing were cheaper than the script.