Do any of you buy this as a precaution to your kids being ill. Ofcourse when your kids are ill cost is not an issue but do you wait for your child to get unwell before having this in. Hope your kids don't get a fever in the night. Also do you know how stretched our precious nhs is. You are not entitled to it anything, our collective tax pays for it. Go buy it for a £1 and save the NHS £5+. Honestly some of the comments on here are disgusting. The OP is obviously more mindful than any of the opinionated and uneducated on here.

Yeah, let's waste more of the NHS's money! Why spend a quid when you can scrounge it for free?

Do you think branded paracetamol will reduce their temp or their pain more effectively? Or earn you more parent points?

My wife took 2 of our kids to the GP last week together. He prescribed some lotion for one of them and told her to go buy Calpol for the both of them.

How much are you planning on using?

I first read that as parapood then parapeed

Might be cooking pink crystal meth for the kids

Because when your kids are sick, cost is at the forefront of your mind, right?

If cost is on the forefront of your mind and your kids are sick you can get it (proper Calpol) free on prescription with them being under 16

Don't let your GO fob your wife off.
They're still entitled to it.
Your GP said buy some so it's needed so TELL him she'd like it on prescription same as mine and anyone elses are WHEN it's needed.

I got some on prescription and this is the one I got from the chemist. good find

Do any of you buy this as a precaution to your kids being ill. Ofcourse when your kids are ill cost is not an issue but do you wait for your child to get unwell before having this in. Hope your kids don't get a fever in the night. Also do you know how stretched our precious nhs is. You are not entitled to it anything, our collective tax pays for it. Go buy it for a £1 and save the NHS £5+. Honestly some of the comments on here are disgusting. The OP is obviously more mindful than any of the opinionated and uneducated on here.

Yeah, let's waste more of the NHS's money! Why spend a quid when you can scrounge it for free?

Calpol on prescription,
No wonder the NHS is drowning in debt

Just give them Whisky, that will send them straight to sleep. A double with water should do the trick, doesn't need to be expensive whisky any cheap stuff will do. They will sleep all night and not keep waking you up coughing and crying.

Works with my two kids anyway!

If your child is 6+ they can have half a paracetamol tablet - same ingredients/ dose as this but without the sugar / sweeteners / colours /flavourings. At approx 20p a pack, they're cheaper too.

Of course if your child won't swallow a tablet, then this medicine is cheaper than Calpol and does the same job.

I'll stick to giving them Alcohol, it will get there bodies used to it if nothing else

Cheers, I ve voted hot and picked up two bottles today. I paid £2.69 for similar product few weeks ago....having kids who are always picking up some school illness, ear ache, temperature, tooth ache.....I ve always got some available at home! Thanks

youre welcome