pain stop night..

anyone used it?? DD2 is on it for ear infection, did you use it during the day too?? does it make then really drowsy?

Only at night otherwise they get to drowsy. Their is a day one or just use nurofen. I hope she gets better soon, my little girl has one too it's awful.

I've only used the night one at night and reserve it for bad pain situations only, and tbh I've never used it that young. There is a daytime pain stop, but again, I only reserve that for extreme pain situations (ie mouth full of ulcerated sores, broken limb). Often panadol or nurofen does the trick instead. In the case of an ear infection, you would want to be seeing some signs that the ABs are working pretty quickly (ie within a day or two) and using a very strong pain relief may mask the symptoms, so try to strike a balance between her comfort and using the lowest strength thing you can, kwim?

Hope she's feeling better soon.

It is really strong hon, and will likely knock her out. I am sure you'd love that right now... but have a good think *mwa*

thanks ladies im not keen on using it, dr suggested it, but shes miserable and in obviously discomfort at night :( its ear infection number 6 or 7, nurofen just isnt cutting it at the moment, i dont know what to do

Ear infections are something Pain Stop is meant for. Just so you know ;) I hope you don't feel like you're some "Drug up your kid" mother because you definitely aren't. :hug:

Gosh you must be having a tough time huge :hug:
I'd try some painstop day (but give it to her before bed at night time) :hug:

Pain Stop can make them sleepy. But perhaps a good sleep is what your little one and you need right now

i do feel like im drugging her :( thats why im so torn between using it or not :(
alan she does need some sleep!!
lee i only have the night one, not the day..

she is beside herself at the moment :(

If you can get her to take it & it helps, I'd do it. I have pain stop I was given for DD1 after surgery, but she refused to take it, so we just went with overlapping the panadol & nurofen. I have given it to DD2 for her tonsillitis though. It did make her sleep, but with the amount of pain she was in, that sleep was very much needed. I'd do what ever is needed to help her with the pain :hug: Your not drugging her hun, your helping her. She needs it. Giving it to her just coz she won't sleep, but is otherwise happy would be drugging her.

Ask yourself this. Are you giving it to her because you want her to sleep or because you want to ease her pain? People give their children Panadol all the time even at the slightest temp when we should let their bodies fight off whatever it is they have, yet when our children are in dire pain we can't help them? That doesn't make sense to me. I have had earaches before and they are bloody awful, I can't imagine the pain of that and cutting teeth :( I have cried numerous times with earaches.

Oh chick just give it to her.
You are relieving her pain first and FOREMOST. Ear infections are horribly painful. If it pushes her over into some healing sleep so be it.

i'll do anything to rid her of the pain :cry: i hate seeing her like this, i dont care about whether it makes her sleep or not, im more worried about it making her too sleepy

Just to clarify, I was NOT suggesting that choosing to use the pain stop was an act a drugged up child mother would do. Only you know your situation hon, how bad she is and how much it's gone on. Trust your gut, you'll know.

:hug: hun. Hope this does the trick and she gets some relief.

Give her a dose tonight and see how it goes, it can be hard getting them to take it though as it tastes awful. Hopefully after a good nights sleep she will start to get better.

I used to use a combination of panadol and Paedamin (the panadol for pain and the paedamin for the cold part). You you usually have to ask for Paedamin as it's kept behind the where the pharmacist does their stuff and they will usually come and talk to you.
DS2 used to get pretty heavy duty ear infections (sounds like your little one is too) when he had a cold and this seemed to be the only thing that helped before we got onto the AB's. I also only used the Paedamin at night as that is when the ear infection is at it's worst when they are lying down.
I would have used Pain Stop if I had of known about it as they pain he was in was just heart breaking when he had those ear infections!!

Give her the Pain Stop. It sounds like you both need it

We've used it too - ear infections can be horrid. Give it to her and see how you go. When my GP suggested it I baulked but she is really thorough and not pro-medicating at all. I know you have had sleep issues but you are giving it to her for pain relief and have exhausted all other options. xxx

I would give it to her and without hesitation. I have given both Kameron and Lachlan pain stop before when they have got really sick with tonsillitis/ear infections and we couldn't get our script filled till 9am the next morning. 24hr chemists are few and far between here.

I took a 12 year olds dose of pain stop once when i had no other option and it knocked me out cold for 3 hours! (When I was 24) Thank god a good friend was with me and she hung out and looked after DD with her kids while I slept.
Having said that, i gave it to my DD when she was 5 and had chicken pox so badly it hurt her to lay down and nothing else was working. She felt better but hardly even got drowsy!
Different for everyone, stick to the reccommended dose and hope she feels better soon!

well it seemed to take the pain away way more effectively, she still woke as per normal for her at the moment but wasnt as distressed as she has been. im actually glad it didnt seem to make her drowsy as i was worried about her!

Thats good news hun. You are doing a grerat job. Well done.

Thats great hon xx

I'm glad it eased her pain.

Sounds like her wakefulness can defy even medicine. ;) :hug: You are doing a fabulous job taking care of her.

Just to make people aware, Pain Stop is really quite safe, and honestly, the night-time one probably won't make your child that drowsy. It's got a little dose of antihistamine in it (which is what makes them sleepy, and is the difference between pain stop night and pain stop day) which helps dry up runny noses and allergy symptoms, and other than that, just paracetamol and codeine. It's not honestly that much stronger than plain paracetamol - some children don't respond to the codeine at all.

I've used it before, without any qualms. Adequate pain relief is REALLY important.

That's great Olive...you know what you are doing, keep it up xxx

That's good, you must both feel a little better today.