OllieT
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Hi all.
I'm new here, I hope I'm not breaking any rules for posting this.
I've been researching the McCann case for years now and have read so much information on the case, so much so it's hard to keep track of the info and sources and what's reliable and what's not.
If I recall correctly, wasn't the first person to come out and say the the McCann's gave medication to help the children sleep, Kate's/Gerry's own parents? If not, it may have been a friend, I can't recall now, sure it was Kate's dad and they later back tracked on this.
Either way, one of the things that keeps popping its head up time and time again is the rumour that it was Calpol/Paracetamol/Tylenol that they have the kids to sedate them, there's only one problem with this though, Paracetamol does not cause sedation or induce sleep, in fact, it's only in very severe overdose risk of unconsciousness occurs. The only way I can see it helping the children sleep is if they had a fever that was preventing them sleeping in the first place.
Not to mention both parents were doctors, there's dozens of drugs they could have used to induce sleep/sedation that would do a far better job and still pose little risk/danger. I'm not a doctor and know that an over the counter antihistamine would probably do the trick and work well.
It just doesn't make much sense to me.
Don't get me wrong, I don't subscribe to the idea the parents were innocent, if I were a betting man, I'd say they had involvement. That being said, this medication argument, especially paracetamol keep getting brought up, well it's probably the weakest argument going of their guilt, it makes zero sense.
I'm new here, I hope I'm not breaking any rules for posting this.
I've been researching the McCann case for years now and have read so much information on the case, so much so it's hard to keep track of the info and sources and what's reliable and what's not.
If I recall correctly, wasn't the first person to come out and say the the McCann's gave medication to help the children sleep, Kate's/Gerry's own parents? If not, it may have been a friend, I can't recall now, sure it was Kate's dad and they later back tracked on this.
Either way, one of the things that keeps popping its head up time and time again is the rumour that it was Calpol/Paracetamol/Tylenol that they have the kids to sedate them, there's only one problem with this though, Paracetamol does not cause sedation or induce sleep, in fact, it's only in very severe overdose risk of unconsciousness occurs. The only way I can see it helping the children sleep is if they had a fever that was preventing them sleeping in the first place.
Not to mention both parents were doctors, there's dozens of drugs they could have used to induce sleep/sedation that would do a far better job and still pose little risk/danger. I'm not a doctor and know that an over the counter antihistamine would probably do the trick and work well.
It just doesn't make much sense to me.
Don't get me wrong, I don't subscribe to the idea the parents were innocent, if I were a betting man, I'd say they had involvement. That being said, this medication argument, especially paracetamol keep getting brought up, well it's probably the weakest argument going of their guilt, it makes zero sense.