pamol dosage warning
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Topic: pamol dosage warning
Posted By: Andie
Subject: pamol dosage warning
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 5:36pm
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The teething discussion reminded me that I was going to post a warning on here a week ago about Pamol dosages, as I'd been discussing it with our nurse. The Pamol syrup for children that you get on prescription is half as strong as the Pamol for babies that you buy in the chemist. Apparently a lot of people have accidentally overdosed their babies on the non-prescription pamol because they give their baby the dosage they normally would from prescription. Plenty of times that bottle runs out and you just reach for the next one not realising it's twice as strong. Personally, I think that's REALLY dodgy of the manufacturers because of course sleep-deprived parents stressing about their screaming baby are not always going to check the teeny tiny writing on the bottle saying what ratio of medicine to syrup it is. Anyway, I thought I'd point it out for anyone who hadn't come across it yet. I'm going to write 'double strength' in vivid across ours. Also, it's a good idea to ask your doc for a sheet of dosages (by beby weight) of pamol. The nurse just photocopied hers off to me because each time Ella needed any, I'd never know how much to give her because she didn't weigh the same as last time. It's not worth going by the dosages for age (as written on the pack) because when they're this young, it's their size that matters more than their age, for pamol to be effective (and not dangerous). ------------- Andie |
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 5:41pm
Thanks for that Andie, I would never had known (2 children later  ) if you hadn't posted it!
Luckily, thinking back, I've only once bought it without prescription and it was a different brand so I went by the package reccommended dosage! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:15pm
ohh didnt no that one thanks for that ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:18pm
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OMG I had no idea either! Why the heck would they make them different dosages??
Lucky we only have the prescription stuff in our house. (I'm too cheap to buy it if I can get it for free!!!) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:51pm
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Me too Paw's. Thank's for that Andie I did not know that tho so good ot know this is why I love this website we learn so much off each other. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Paws wrote:Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:01pm
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I only have the free stuff as well but it's good to know that info. I got a new bottle for Joshua so that it has the amount he is allowed on it and now they have a peice taped to the bottle with the amounts that children can have by their weight. Only done in 5kg lots but I found it funny Josh was 5kgs when I was given the bottle and the dr said 1.25mls yet the thign from the pharmisist aid he could have 3mls for 5kgs. Lets just say i've only given him 1.25 mls. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:52pm
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The other thing to be careful of is that the prescription stuff comes in two strengths. The orange one is 250 and the pink one is 125. So for example the gremlins would have 2.5ml of the pink one or 1.25ml of the orange one.
-------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:54pm
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yeah, Im confused as well. The paracare stuff I bought form the chemist says 2.5ml for 4.5 kg and the stuff from DR is 1.5ml? I found one of jakes old bottles, and when he was the same weight charly is now, he was allowed 2.5ml. What the??????????? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:57pm
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ahhh *light goes on* ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:01am
| Yeah the strawberry flavoured one is the weakest then the next is the cherry one and then the orange one is the strongest (my doc informed me when Bay was in hospital as a bubs). |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:18am
| My doctor told me that they used to prescribe based on age, but now it's on weight which may explain the discrepancy between Jake and Charli. We've always been "lucky" as my boys weigh in the higher range, so even with age we were generally okay |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:50am
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We only ever got the strong stuff from the Chemist, as Ethan was REALLY hard to medicate. That way we only needed to get a little bit into him or it to work. ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 12:51pm
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Does anyone have a copy of the weight & dosage chart they can send to me?
We have the same problem where I hardly ever give it to Caitlin so she doesn't weigh the same as last time I was told how much to give her. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 1:10pm
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I also find it interesting. Tyrell is 11kgs it says to give him 6 mls. But when we were at the Dr's last night she told me to give him 7.5mls. I only have the stuff that the Dr prescribed....also a bit of a cheapie. |
Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 2:58pm
| I would also be interested in having a weight & dosage chart as well |