Jeana (DP)
Former Member
If they gave the kids anything stronger, they most likely wouldn't have admitted to it. I suppose the evidence of that could be whereever Maddie is.
So why the need for syringes then???? Weren't syringes supposedly found in the apartment?
They're are "syringes" without needles that are used to help guide medication down the back of the tongue/throat area of very small children who might otherwise spit it back out. Could that be what they meant?
They're are "syringes" without needles that are used to help guide medication down the back of the tongue/throat area of very small children who might otherwise spit it back out. Could that be what they meant?
They're are "syringes" without needles that are used to help guide medication down the back of the tongue/throat area of very small children who might otherwise spit it back out. Could that be what they meant?
Here are a few links which talk about Calpol. Pretty interesting stuff. Maybe some of you medical folks out there will weigh in with your opinions.
From what I am reading, Calpol should be used like we use Tylonol here in the states. However, it appears that Calpol does have some "sedating" properties.
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/emc/assets/c/html/DisplayDoc.asp?DocumentID=18969
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/311/6997/132
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/30002011/
Apparently the "sedation" factor is just a bonus of the product. It does not appear that it is advertised for anything more than fever and pain.
Overdose can cause severe liver damage and overdose symptoms may not show up for 2 or more hours.
Salem
Wondering if you guys have heard of 'phenergan'? We can buy it in chemists here and 'some' people have been known to doses there kids up on it so the kids sleep while they have dinner parties etc (my ex MIL did it to her kids). It is also used on drs order to help some children get into a sleep routine if they are resistant.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002055.html
Wondering if you guys have heard of 'phenergan'? We can buy it in chemists here and 'some' people have been known to doses there kids up on it so the kids sleep while they have dinner parties etc (my ex MIL did it to her kids). It is also used on drs order to help some children get into a sleep routine if they are resistant.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002055.html
Both these parents are Drs so they could get anything they wanted to give Maddie.
Ahh! Finally, someone else mentions phenergan! How else could O'Brien leave his "vomiting and sick" toddler with assurance the child would sleep and not throw up anymore?
Phenergan (I think that's the generic name) is excellent at controlling nausea but it's a powerful sleep-inducer. It's been around for decades and has been prescribed for children with severe stomach bugs or related nausea.
It's just the kind of thing a doctor might travel with, as a protective drug against severe stomach bugs or motion sickness.
My children never took it, but I did, especially when I had the flu and was pregnant. I remember it being mentioned as a possible antidote for the children if their symptoms of extreme nausea continued.
The McCanns have never said they sedated the children. They maybe did own some calpol, but to be honest it would be unusual for a parent in the Uk not to own this. It is paracetamol, so an overdose would not kill someone instantly and it would take a huge amount of calpol to do that. Plus at the time of the disappearence calpol night was not on the market (and no a cardiologist and a locum GP would not have access to it months before it was approved for marketing) so they could not have used that as some have suggested.