Paracetamol

[christine e]

Paracetamol may reduce the protection from vaccine jabs in children - Health news - NHS Choices (http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/10October/Pages/paracetamol-vaccine-injection-research.aspx)

heard someone mention about this yesterday

[FussyElmo]

Doesnt suprise me I was having a similar conversation if they renamed calpol to paracetamol it would make more people less likely to give it out for anything :panic:

[sarah707]

Thank you for sharing Christine! x

[lubeam]

My nurse told me this when I took my dd for her jabs , she said don't give it unless she NEEDS it, which I don't but no ppl who give it just incase after jabs !

[jackie 7]

I heard this nearly 2years ago from my sister who is a nurse in Canada. Parents use it way too much.

[Sarsar3NCH]

Yikes! I was advised to give all of mine a dose of cal pol before their first jabs, was a long time ago now though 16,14 & 12 yrs

[jo.jo76]

Yikes! I was advised to give all of mine a dose of cal pol before their first jabs, was a long time ago now though 16,14 & 12 yrs

My eldest is 14, I remember being told to give calpol before jabs!

[Zoomie]

I've always believed that if you take painkillers without just cause, when you need them, your body will have become 'immune' and then they just 'don't work'.

I know that paracetamol reduces temperatures, so usually only give if a child's temp is 39.0+. However I do appreciate that it is also a painkiller, so if I believe a child could be feeling unwell, then I tend to give it then too.