Can i take Calpol on a Flight!!!

[Disney4me]

Hi my DD's get very nervous flying and one of them doesn't travel well. I want to take travel sickness tablets and calpol onto the aeroplane but i was wondering would this have to be prescribed by the doctor. As all non prescription medicines are not allowed on flights. Any advice greatly appreciated. :shrug:

[Dawn]

It will have to be prescribed. :shrug:

[triciacarole]

I actually took travel sickness tablets on the plane for my daughter, these were not prescribed but they allowed it. Perhaps you may be able to use capol tablets - the ones that dissolve in the mouth :shrug:

[Disney4me]

:) Thanks i thought i would have to,Trish who did you fly with? We are going Virgin and hope they would be as good to me. Anyways for replying still very nervous about posting and replying to threads. Would love to join in more but don't want to come across as to forward.:unsure:

[triciacarole]

:) Thanks i thought i would have to,Trish who did you fly with? We are going Virgin and hope they would be as good to me. Anyways for replying still very nervous about posting and replying to threads. Would love to join in more but don't want to come across as to forward.:unsure:

Ask away that's what we are here for, we love to help and before long you will be helping others too :).

I flew Virgin and it was only a week or so after the security alert. I was prepared to have to given up the travel sickness tablets, DD took some before we boarded but I was not even asked about them :shrug:.

[PaulaK]

LOL! Don't be shy D4Me, the rest of us aren't :lol:

My DD's have travel sick pills and I too will be taking Calpol tablets just in case. :)

[KerryAtter]

Ooh I didn't know you could get Calpol tablets! I've spent the last couple of days worrying about the whole Calpol thing too, although I have some that was prescribed (I always get it prescribed, what's the point in paying for it when you can get it for free!? Sorry, that probably makes me sound terribly cheap :blush: ) But I shall definately look into getting her some of the tablets instead. Thanks for that!

DD suffers a bit with eczema on her arms, do you think they'll let me take her hydrocortisone? It's prescribed but more 'just in case' than essential medication. :shrug:

Thanks
Kerry xxx

[Disney4me]

Thank you, ok l will just share this with you all then have just packed DD's case's as putting away summer clothes. Makes sense to put it in a case doesn't it. What will DH say!!:lol:

[januk]

DD suffers a bit with eczema on her arms, do you think they'll let me take her hydrocortisone? It's prescribed but more 'just in case' than essential medication. :shrug:

How freaky - Ava has bad eczema too - no longer under dermatologist but has 2 creams 3 times a day. I'm taking her prescribed hydrocortisone on the flight in case the cabin air makes her itch.

I'm also taking prescribed nurofen for kids. If you're flying from BAA Airport they have new rules re: kids medicines. i.e. you can take under 50 mls of calpol unprescribed no questions asked. I'll dig out the link and post it. Shame it doesn't apply to us as Newcastle isn't a BAA airport:( . I'm ready fro my fights though. I've got sachets & Bottle & all creams so i'm expecting to be escorted to the airport pharmacist!

Jan

[januk]

Link to BAA for kids liquid medicines - they are allowed in moderation!

http://www.baa.com/assets/B2CPortal/Static%20Files/NewSecurityRulesV1_220906.pdf

You'll need acrobat to read it though! Hope this helps.

[Breeze]

DD suffers a bit with eczema on her arms, do you think they'll let me take her hydrocortisone? It's prescribed but more 'just in case' than essential medication. :shrug:

Thanks
Kerry xxx

If it's packed in your suitcase you should be able to take the hydrocortisone, but if for some odd reason they don't let you take the you can buy it pretty much anywhere here. Although the strongest you can get only has 1% cortisone in it.

[PaulaK]

How freaky - Ava has bad eczema too - no longer under dermatologist but has 2 creams 3 times a day. I'm taking her prescribed hydrocortisone on the flight in case the cabin air makes her itch.


Cal our youngest has bad eczema outbreaks. She has to wear long trousers and a long sleeved top during the flight as any contact with the plane seat and she flares up badly. :sigh: I think it must be whatever they clean them with or maybe even the fabric content.

[Disney4me]

Thanks Jan. I hope you have a great holiday,there is something very special about a child's or adults first trip :D

[KerryAtter]

Oh my goodness Jan, it's like we're leading parallel lives! :lol:

OK I need to tell you about my secret weapon in the war on excema! I rave about this stuff!

A quick background: Faye suffered terribly with big patches of excema on her face, elbows, chest, tummy, a bit on her leg and on the back of her neck. It was awful to watch and the stuff the Dr gave us made it worse so in a fit of desparation Ian looked for something on the internet and with trepidation (coz I hate anything that makes big claims especially on the net, but it had a money back thing and looked reputable so...) we ordered some baby excema cream from a company called Norman Spence and it's FANTASTIC! It pretty much cleared it all up except for the elbows and now we manage it with a bit of hydrocortisone ocassionally and this baby cream! We had a big problem in May when she caught a strain of MRSA which attacked the excema patches, but :fingers: she's ok now!

I hope it's ok that I posted this - If anyone wants the website please feel free to PM me (they do a range for babies, toddlers, 6+, adults and then they do a 'black label' one for adults which is a super-duper industrial strength one) I absolutely promise that I have absolutely nothing to do with this company, I just love their cream - anything that stopped Faye from scratching until she bled is good in my books!

Anyway - I'll shut up now :blush:

[tweenie123]

We flew back two days after the terror alert and I had non prescribed travel sickness tablets and paracetamol. We flew Virgin and there was no problem taking them on the flight. I also had prescription beta blockers without the original box which they also allowed so I would expect that you would be fine.

[januk]

Will you pm me the web addfress and i'll have a look. Loads of people recommmended something called DoubleBase whihc had wordek wonders for their kids - doc prescribed it for Ava and she reacted really badly and ende up at the hospital dermatologist:eek: - guess they're all just different. Ava also has a few little psoriasis patches (runs in my family - though not with me :D). Anywhere's susceptible but her worst bits are her entire trunk down to nappy line front and back and her hands. I'm very nervous about taking her dummy off her. SHe only has it when she's tired but if I don't give her it she sucks her hands and the eczema breaks out even more - her hands go crusty and she laready has more skin there than she should due to the ezcema so she gets all swollen. It's a pain really because I hate seeing big kids with dummies and she wouldn't have one at all until she was 4 months old but we had to force it because her hands were so bad. I know in the US people frown on toddlers with dummies - they don't use them like we do over here :whistle:. Anyway we'll see how it goes. I'm off to the docs today to get a small tube of hydrocortisone prescribed for the flight! (Check out my timer!!!:D :D )
See you soon.

[KerryAtter]

Oh poor Ava! Faye's skin went really bad when we tried Doublebase, I think that it's because it's water based. You should really try this other stuff, it's all natural and has more waxes and oils in it. I'll PM you with the address.

I know what you mean about the dummy, Faye has one too! (this is getting spooky!) Although she had hers from when she was a baby, she was very sucky and breastfeeding became I nightmare, so in when the 'diddy' as she calls it. She only has it for sleep times or when she's ill because, like you I hate seeing big kids with dummys.

Did you find that Ava's got better over the summer? I think Faye's did and I'm hoping that the extra 2 weeks in the sun helps to keep it at bay a little longer.

It's not cheap but to me it's definately worth it! Maybe if you phone your order through today they may be able to get it to you for tomorrow, before you go away?

Anyway - I hope it helps

Kerry xxx
PS - Lovin' your timer!! :D

[Andy B]

Good news 100mls of liquid allowed on now!

[tajainaz]

Will you pm me the web addfress and i'll have a look. Loads of people recommmended something called DoubleBase whihc had wordek wonders for their kids - doc prescribed it for Ava and she reacted really badly and ende up at the hospital dermatologist:eek: - guess they're all just different. Ava also has a few little psoriasis patches (runs in my family - though not with me :D). Anywhere's susceptible but her worst bits are her entire trunk down to nappy line front and back and her hands. I'm very nervous about taking her dummy off her. SHe only has it when she's tired but if I don't give her it she sucks her hands and the eczema breaks out even more - her hands go crusty and she laready has more skin there than she should due to the ezcema so she gets all swollen. It's a pain really because I hate seeing big kids with dummies and she wouldn't have one at all until she was 4 months old but we had to force it because her hands were so bad. I know in the US people frown on toddlers with dummies - they don't use them like we do over here :whistle:. Anyway we'll see how it goes. I'm off to the docs today to get a small tube of hydrocortisone prescribed for the flight! (Check out my timer!!!:D :D )
See you soon.


As someone with absolutely no experience with children, don't worry about what others think--particularly with the odd cultural differences from one side of the pond to the other. Do what is best for Ava. She'll decide--with a bit of encouragement from you, I'm sure!--when it's time for her to eliminate her pacifier. At least I think that's what you call a dummy! Have a feeling she doesn't use it all that often--more a stress and relaxation tool than anything!