Hi there, Blake now has flatly refused to take panadol as he hates the taste as well. So the chemist has recommended Dymadon for pain and fever relief for Babies. He takes this medicine a lot better as it has an orange sweet taste to it. Its also good as it still is colour, sugar,asprin and alcohol free...

They both provide pain relief but they have different actions. Neurofen provides more anti-inflammitory action while panadol will provide general pain relief. Both will reduce a temp, but Panadol is usually quicker to do this.  There are a couple of different flavoured panadol medicines ( there is one my daughter hates but another one she loves!)  as well as a suppository ( especially useful when they are vomiting due to a high temp and can't keep anything down. ) My little one has had a few nasty bouts of tonsilitis, with HUGE temperatures vomiting and pain. I have had to give her panadol suppositories, followed 3 hours later by a dose of Neurofen, then an oral  dose panadol 2 hours later. As each medicattion has a 4 hour minimum before you can give it again, but because they have different actions, you can do this 2 hour alternation for a day( 12 hours)  if the infection is severe and the pain is bad without ill effect. I find Panadol is good for a temp, but Neurofen is better for pain. It is a matter of trial and error and finding what works best for your child.

Nurofen works longer (8 hours) and both my kids take it no problem (they like the taste).

Panadol is ok, but I can't get my kids to take it (due to the taste).

Both are effective. One doctor told me to give both of them to my boy every four hours (eg a panadol, then four hours later a neurofen, then four hours later a panadol).  This was when my boy was very sick with a painful ear infection and needed the fever reduction and pain releif. 

So I keep both in the fridge, but I favour the neurofen.

nuro for us! tobias wont go to sleep on panadol

You've used brand names here and that throws a spanner in the works. I know Panadol for kids is paracetamol, but most Nurofen products are ibuprofen, so I need to ask, is Nurofen for kids paracetamol or ibuprofen? They are different drugs and they work differently, and thus it does make a difference.

There are other brands of both of these drugs, I'm just not sure how many produce a kids version. It wouldn't hurt to ask at a chemist if there are other brands or flavours of paracetamol that is suitable for your kids to take. They most likely just don't like the flavour, so if you can find a different tasting version of the same stuff it might solve all your problems.

you could always try a suppository.

i'll add a link to some advice on getting kids to take meds- I do this for a living

.www.minti.com/parenting-advice/10385/Tips-for-getting-your-child-to-take-medication-revised/

i find that nurofen takes effect faster with my lil boy and also lasts longer

dunno though its trial n error you just have to try them both and figure out which works best for you lil one!!

:)

i found it was opposit for me, yes panadol worked quicker but it didnt last very long where as nurafun lasted a few hours.

 when my little one wouldnt take his i put it in some water/juice and he drank it down without knowing it was there.