Calpol and teething

I don't give Calpol at all when he is teething. We got a teething gel but that's it. Calpol is not recommended if there is no fever.

We do give calpol for teething, and have given it over more than 3 days before. If you aren't sure, speak to a pharmacist or your gp and they'll be able to advise 😊

I've never head the above not giving calpol unless there's a fever.. it's paracetamol.. generic pain relief and works for a multitude of things, I believe it even states teething pain on the box!
We give calpol when nothing else works and she's in obvious pain, I try teething granules and gel first. Not sure about the 3 day thing though.. is that in the box?😬 I just give it as needed obviously with correct time between doses!

Neurofen works 100000 times better as it’s any inflammatory and the pain is caused by the inflammation of the gums. We give neurofen every 8 hours so ideal for morning and bedtime! We use Ashton and parsons powders in between but just give when she’s really struggling xx

I agree with above, Neurofen works a lot better for us. But either way Calpol is paracetamol - a pain killer, so there's no reason why it shouldn't be used for teething. Just not excessively.

If her teething is REALLY bad we use calpol in between the neurofen doses x

We do powders first and then nurofen if it’s horrific but mainly at night. I wouldn’t say I often max out the dosage of the days

Used to used anbesol but found it only worked for 10ish mins and then wore off. I tried some on a mouth ulcer I had and it did the same so I stick to powders first now x

I would in this case. But I do agree with the other comments about giving nurofen instead, I tend to use this and not calpol for teething.

Don’t quote me on this but I believe the reason it says 3 days is because it can mask a fever/issue that needs medical attention as it’s meant for short term relief xx

Yeah, I’ve had to do this with my eldest. I don’t like using ibuprofen so tend to steer away from it for personal reasons however, if it was really bad I’d give calpol and ibuprofen, obviously a few hours apart to make sure she was good x

we’ve not had to go to calpol as yet we just do anbesol gel but i would use calpol if i needed too :)