Disprol Medicine

Well, you can tell it’s December, I’ve got two kids off school ill. My twelve-year-old has laryngitis; my six-year-old has fluid in her ears, a high temperature and swollen tonsils. Of course, these are all notorious viruses – meaning nope, they won’t get prescribed antibiotics, they won’t work. (Is it just me or are GPs prescribing fewer antibiotics these days?) The GP advised they drink lots of fluids (especially fruit juice for the vitamin C), eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, rest well and take paracetamol. They could be off school between three and five ... more

I have two children who are now 7 and 8 years old, and even though they don't seem to get poorly quite as often now thankfully I do always make sure I keep a paracetamol based product in the house at all times. I am a big fan of Calpol but not the price, so often I will buy a shop's own brand as I find they work just as effective as their more expensive counterparts. As I live close by to a Superdrug store I tend to buy medicines and toiletries from there for convenience of locality, however they only do their own version of these medicines in sachets only, which used to be convenient for when ... more