What are these brands of medicine called?

Could anybody advise what these UK brands are known as in Germany? (alternatives are fine too)

Calpol (paracatemol for children in suspension)

Medised or Nurofen for children (ibuprofen for children in suspension)?

If there's anything else everybody gives to their kids when they are ill I'd be very grateful to know.

I am feeling a bit ill today (I feel a cold coming on) so would appreciate advice on what you reckon I should ask for at the Apotek

Thanks in advance!

Hi, If you go to the apotheke, they can look up in their computer, or in a book, what the equivalent medicines here are.

hth.

For paracetamol just use generic name NOT trade and say paracetamol für kinder and indicate that you want it als Saft

Ibuprofen for children suspension form is sold as Nurofen Junior Fiebersaft there are probably other brands as well

All new generic drug names are supposed to be standardised (someone tell America )

In Europe always stick with the proper name NOT the brand name and you should be fairly safe.

As for a cold coming on rather than waste money on stuff that won't stop the cold. Drink lots of fluids and take it easy. You can try echinacea but recent studies shed doubt on its effiecy in preventing colds. Zinc is something else you can try but you need to take it every couple of hours and again studies conflict on how effective it actually is.

we buy everything we need in the UK and bring it over with us!

I buy Solaphine at home and bring it back here with me.

I once took an empty packet to the Apotheke showing the label and asked what I can get here that would be similar, I assume it was it sold under a different brand name. She told me it was only available here on prescription.

I bring Calpol back from UK as the German equivalent is (apparently) too yucky. Our Kinderärtzin usually prescribes Nurofen for any fever. I never buy cough medicine for myself as there's always some left over from what the kids have got from the Kinderärtzin. One thing she always prescribes for a snotty nose is Nasentropfen - the idea is that if you keep the passages free the child is less likely to get an ear infection. If you aren't taking the kids to a doctor the Nurofen and Nasentropfen are available without prescription. I always take mine to the Kinderärtzin if they have fever for more than a day or start coughing.

The one 'grown ups' medicine I always bring back from UK is lem-sip, there doesn't seem to be any equivalent here.

I do too, even though I have been here ages!

Asprin and Rennies for example are much cheaper in GB.

that's because the reason you need them for is so much more expensive

Kinda related question what do they call indigestion or heart burn in Germany?

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