Nurofen for Children Liquid Orange Flavour

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Nurofen For Children Orange Flavour 100 mg/5ml tastes great, making it easier to give. It is also the only children’s ibuprofen medicine to come with an easy-dosing syringe in every bottle pack! Nurofen for children works to reduce fever in just 15 minutes and lasts for up to 8 hours, so your child gets a good night's sleep. It is proven to give longer relief from fever than paracetamol.

Nurofen for children is suitable for babies and children from 3 months (over 5kg) to 12 years.
It is sugar-free, colour-free and available in strawberry & orange flavour.

What does it treat?

Ibuprofen reduces inflammation and related pain and so can be used to relieve muscular and rheumatic aches and pains. It can also be used to relieve other painful conditions such as headaches, toothache, and earache. It is also useful for reducing fever and discomfort associated with colds and flu and following childhood vaccinations.

Always use this medicine exactly as described in this leaflet, or as your doctor or pharmacist told you.

This medicine is suitable for the majority of people but certain people should not use it. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor if you are at all unsure.

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The most common side effect is irritation of the stomach which can cause problems such as indigestion and heartburn. If your child experiences any of the following, stop giving this medicine and tell your doctor immediately: • blood in the stools (faeces/motions) • black tarry stools• vomiting blood or dark particles that look like coffee grounds • unexplained wheezing, asthma, shortness of breath, skin rash (which may be severe with blistering or peeling of the skin), itching or bruising, severe skin reactions including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, racing heart, fluid retention (swollen ankles or decreased levels of passing urine) • stiff neck, headache, nausea, vomiting, fever and disorientation. • face, tongue or throat swelling (these can be signs of serious allergic reactions) • A severe skin reaction known as DRESS (Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms) syndrome can occur.

Symptoms of DRESS include: skin rash, fever, swelling of lymph nodes and an increase of eosinophils (a type of white blood cells). • A red, scaly widespread rash with bumps under the skin and blisters mainly localised on the skin folds, trunk, and upper extremities accompanied by fever at the initiation of treatment (acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis) (frequency not known) . If your child experiences any of the following side effects, stop giving this medicine and tell your doctor: • unexplained stomach pain, indigestion, heartburn, nausea or vomiting • yellowing of the eyes, pale stools and dark urine (these can be signs of kidney or liver problems) • severe sore throat with high fever • unexplained bruising or bleeding, tiredness, getting more infections than normal, such as mouth ulcers, colds, sore throat, fever. (These can be signs of anaemia or other blood disorders.)

Other side effects which may occur are: Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people • headache Rare: may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people • diarrhoea, wind or constipation. Tell your doctor if these last for more than a few days or become troublesome Very rare: may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people • kidney or liver problems may occur with Ibuprofen • stroke or heart problems may occur with Ibuprofen. This is unlikely at the dose level given to children • worsening of colitis and Crohn’s disease • high blood pressure. • stomach ulcer, bleeding of the stomach, inflammation of the stomach lining Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data: • in exceptional cases, serious infections of the skin and soft tissues have occurred during chicken pox (varicella) • skin becomes sensitive to light

Reporting of side effects If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects, you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.