Arcanegirl

just had a look for you, it contains paracetamol so yes it is a painkiller

sophie

ive just found it gives mild pain relief to headaches, teething pain, aches and pains with a cold
It should tell u on the box hun

Arcanegirl

Dionne

i no sorry im a lazy sod

just confussing as i though ibuprofen and paracetemol were the same thing shows how much i no

well thanks girls i learnt some thing new today

sophie

awww it sounds like i was tellin u off now i wasn't honeslty! and uve just given me somethin to do for half hour or so.

i should be workin though

Cat

I think paracetamol is a painkiller where as ibuprofen is an anti inflamatory.
Hence you normally use paracetamol for treating high temps and mild illnesses likes colds etc, where as you use iuprofen to treat muscular pains and joint pains more.

Iwantone!!!

nhs direct check it out first

livsmummy

Hi
I'm sure I'm just repeating what everyone else has said but I'm a nurse and I can't help putting my oar in (sorry!)
Paracetamol is a painkiller and can reduce temperatures as well. (Medised is paracetamol with a mild sedative in as well as far as I am aware - I have never used it myself)
Ibuprofen is an anti imflammatory, so it can reduce temps as well (some studies show that it is better than paracetamol at reducing temperatures but that's a different kettle of fish). So if lo has an infection or is teething they are bound to be inflammed somewhere (ears, teeth etc) and ibuprofen can reduce that.

You can take them both together very safely just making sure that the doses on the bottles are followed!

HTH - feel free to tell me to buggar off!
Laura xx

Arcanegirl

Useful to know Laura, thanks

Dionne

Thanks Laura! thats great to no. i will be doing the opposit to telling you to bugger off. i will be hounding you now with problems lol.

thats usfull to no! as i only really use medised but its not very good for when i need to go out and the kids are sleeping.
x x x