Great thread! I have often wondered what other people do, i tend not to use it during the day unless temp really high 39 + as I agree with what others have said about letting the body fight it naturally but if he is grumpy and miserable he has it. I do give it at night if he is unsettled and still have a temp as I also agree sleep helps recovery. I have a lot girls in mums group who dose up regularly if their child is grumpy, over tired but no temp or other illness symptoms etc but I tend to wait (maybe I wait too long) I have also heard of people giving the recommended dose of panadol for their child's age and then following up with the recommeded dose of Nurofen I don't mean to offend anyone who has done this but I struggle with that, i mean how do little tummy's cope with all that in one go!!!!
When my DS had a nasty temp after his one yr old needles I took him to chemist as the temp would not go away sort of hung around at 38.5 and DS was so miserable and the pharmacist recommended nurofen for that as it lasts a bit longer but she did not suggest to give both panadol and nurofen, I would be interested to hear other peoples thought on this as i don't know many adults who take two panadol and then two nurofen. Sorry for hijacking this thread but I guess i agree that maybe as a society we are recommended to overuse it these days. Just my 2cents worth though