Pamol

I have always thought that it is ok to give when needed as long as you don't go over the reccommended dosage and for no more then a few days in a row.

I don't give DS pamol very often, only when he has a cold or has a tooth coming through, as he doesn't often get sick.

It's what ever dose per weight up to 4 times a day.

we've used it heaps DD has had ear infections, recurrent UTI's (so read almost continuous pamol/nurofen interspersed for several days at a time), and then there was a period of 2-3 months where we had undiagnosed food allergies, so she got some at least a couple times a week. I do worry about long term issues, but when it comes down to it, I would rather keep her as happy as possible, and in most of the time when we've given it to her, she's had a fever for a number of days, so there's really no option. The only good thing to come out of her being unwell frequently is that I tend not to give it anymore for teeth, general grumpiness etc, as her behaviour is now nothing compared to when she's been REALLY unwell

I met a lady the other day who 'doesn't believe in pamol'. What?! Seriously, H gets it when cutting teeth and they are giving him trouble, when he has a cold or when he's had jabs. We figure we'd rather have a calm, pain free baby. So yeah, I think as long as you don't exceed the recommended dosage in 24 hours, and he seems to really be in pain I'd give it to him.

We only give pamol when needed and we have been known to have to throw bottles out before they are empty because of the expiry date on them. When DS2 was teething we used Weleda Baby Teething Powder and we don't tend to give Pamol/Nurofen for fevers so essentially they rarely get it. LOL

We have gone through many a bottle... but Chloe had many infections, very high fevers and so on, and was a terrible teether. Ollie has had much less, but we don't hesitate to give him some if his teeth are really bothering him. I had tooth pain recently and it sucks! Our kiddies wear teething necklaces and have bonjela and weleda teething powder but when things get really bad for them, only the pamol improves things drastically.

Personally, I think that if I was in that much pain I would take some panadol, so I don't feel bad for giving it to them if they need it (never going over recommended dosages of course).

I probably use Pamol more than I should, but my son is teething at the moment and if all else fails, you know I bust that bottle out. I hate to see him in pain so if the Pamol helps, then I use it.