Panadol Colourfree Baby Drops

Concur with most of the Reviewers here. This is medicine is NASTY and FOUL. AVOID – Both of my kids hate taking Panadol. If a 11months old baby makes that gags and vomit after taking this crap, you know it's foul. We switched to Dymadon and thank goodness for it. Someone mentioned that the people at GSK probably don't have kids and I have to agree with that person. Stay away...you have been warned Show details

Dosing device is terrible – Dosing device is terrible, trying to give to my 6 week old and it shoots it into his mouth with such force he chokes and ends up spitting it out. The flavour is so strong, that when you do get a few drops in his mouth he ends up vomiting it back up. Show details

Baby projectile vomits – My baby isn't a fan of the taste . He projectile vomited soon as he tasted the liquid. I did persist a few times, in case it was once off but nope. I even added it to his water and he drank it but threw up within the hour. I tasted it myself and it's foul lol Better off with Dymadon! Show details

Panadol – Babies Panadol comes with a couple of different options a dropper and a syringe option. The syringe is quite small but is sufficient for babies. It's relatively easy to get into bubs mouth, there are a couple of flavours and this one bub began to like by the second bottle. It's not as cost effective as other brands but was certainly recommended by our local Doctor.  Show details

Works but awful taste – My 8 month old LO went to childcare for the first time and had high temperature the next day. I fed her favourite puree and then tried to give panadol. She instantly disliked the taste and puked all her stomach contents on me. Next dose I used Nurofen and she was all okay with it. The dropper worked fine. I wish the taste could be more flavourful. Show details

Trusted brand – I simply love & trust this brand fully i have tried these twice for my baby girl and after the first doze i saw improvement. Its gentle on tummy and very trusted brand. I would trust it always! Show details

causes vomiting – If you want your baby to vomit then try this stuff. She hardly vomited before trying this. After trying this she turned into a chunder volcano. We had cherry vanilla and it has a very strong flavour. Show details

Sooooo annoying – I just cannot stand the whole packaging of this it makes me so angry. FIX YOUR BLOODY BOTTLES! without a doubt everytime I use the baby Panadol the glass of the bottle is so light and fragile that it tips over so easily and within seconds you go from having a brand new packet of Panadol to nothing. I have a house full of sick kids and have had to… Read more

reach for this multiple times but have already spilt 3 bottles today! Also how stupid is the dropper, I use the nurofen syringe instead it is so much better. you need to either have a closing around the rim of the bottle the way nurofen does with the gravity system to avoid spillages or make the bottle taller and heavier glass, I don’t know you’re the smart ones figure it out. SO ANGRY!

Lid is a nightmare – Our 2months old boy got headache and fever during a night. He screamed, screamed with the pain... Then I had to struggle to open Panadol lid for almost 20min. Imagine the situation! It was frustrating. Your baby needs to stop his pain and you have to fight with a crap packing! Oh Gosh Show details

My baby chokes = bad taste – After tasting the infant Panadol what makes the company think an infant would like the taste? Horrible taste, horrible packaging and hate it when the Panadol leaks somehow. Please work on the flavour because the medicine itself is very affective except my son gets very uncomfortable while taking the medication. Show details

Works but unpleasant taste – Despite being a reliable brand of pain-relief and working well, I choose Dymadon over Panadol for my baby due to the unpleasant cherry taste of Panadol. Particularly an issue for baby prior to solids, as they are only used to the flavour of milk so the cherry is very strong and I struggled to get it into him. Show details

Dependable pharmaceutical from trusted brand – I naturally chose this as it’s the most well known children’s paracetamol product on the market. We’ve given this to our baby a few times since he was an infant (travelling, slight fever, post-medical appointments), and he has always reacted well to it. It’s been helpful during those times, and let’s him have a nice sleep afterwards. He doesn’t… Read more

seem to hate the taste either. The applicator is straightforward to use. Would definitely recommend for the medicine cabinet.

Packaging needs improvements – ***Medicinal effects vary. please consult your doctor.*** Very effective for my 10m old boy. On the packaging, even a brand new sealed bottle may leak some liquid when taken in checked baggage on flights.

Great for teething – Found this product to be a god send for my teething baby ... he started teething at 4 months and without this product we would not of gotten through it ! Helped with pain and temperature

Rubbish Dosing Device – Very disappointed in the dosing device. It's far too stiff and results in an all or nothing blast down my child's throat. Such an unneeded frustration when you're already dealing with an unhappy infant. Show details

Makes baby vomit – As soon as this touches my boy's tongue he gags and vomits. I thought it was the terrible dosing device which squirts the medicine out like a super soaker but even when I managed a perfect slow dose using a different brand's doser he threw up his dinner. It's hard enough dealing with a sick and teething baby without a 'trusted brand' causing these issues. Show details

The measuring device is horrible – I trust the brand and appreciate the stronger concentration so I can give a smaller volume. But both the syringe and dropper is so hard to use compared to other formulations out there including the generic paracetamol and Nurofen, both which I can use one handed while holding my baby. Show details

Whoever made this... must hate children so much – Whoever made this... must hate children so much... taste like adult couldn't take that how come a child... change please this recipe... it's bad, child do vomit all the time they take this... Show details

Extremely poor design for dosing device – I can't doubt the effectiveness as it's used commonly in market for a while but the design of dosing device cannot be less friendly. It's like pulling a truck to suck the liquid into the device and no control in releasing it slowly. The label of the bottle also blocks how much liquid left behind. Since parents only use this medicine when baby has… Read more

fever, Panadol should make life easier during this hard time taking care of a sick baby.

A revamp of the dosing device is urgently needed.

Get Nurofen Instead! – Our baby gags and vomits every time she takes Panadol Baby Drops, it tastes horrible and everyone we spoke to thinks the same! To an adult, it tastes like overly sweet and sour grape syrup, yuck! Take Nurofen instead, our daughter loves the taste and it tastes like strawberry marshmellow!

Reliable – Have used this with my first 4 babies. They all HATED the taste but then I started putting it in their bottles with the formula and they didn't notice it. With my last baby I use the Panadol for 2yrs + as the taste is much more pleasant. Very gentle on the tummy too

Pretty Good! – After the recall, I was a bit confused ! But friends have recommended me this product as it worked for them . It works well and effective and it does the job. The taste, could be improved on, yes... but ultimately it takes the pain and fevers away which is the point..

Effective but it doesn't taste nice – We started this medication for my infant son while teething. He is not too fussy with food or drinks but you could see that he did not like the taste. This medication is effective but I was disappointed about the new droppler that was added to the box following the recall. It is very confusing. Effective, trusted brand taste, droppler, difficult to draw up I have ended up spilling almost 1/2 of bottle

It works but they really do need to do something about the taste! – Gives fast relief from pain and fever. When you can get your child to actually ingest it! The taste is not nice, to say the least. It is tough trying to get a child who has tasted it already to be willing to have it again. It is long lasting and it does work! Not a fan of the dropper. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but i manage to get air… Read more

bubbles in the dropper every time. Love the fact that it doesn't upset my daughter's tummy as some medications can. Gentle on tummies, inexpensive, acts fast and lasts long Awful taste, don't like the dropper.

After 18 years, I still trust panadol – I have used this product on all of my children when they were very young. I still use it on my 21month old. It usually never fails to give relief of fever and pain. I have found that it works on some children than others. However I feel that a little relief is better than nothing when children are very ill. I will continue to use this product with confidence. It is tried and true. Effective

Horrible taste and causes vomitting – It is horrible! My 9 month old son puked TWICE after taking that thing. Based on the volume of the second vomit, it was almost everything from his stomach. THEN, I TOOK SOME, IT TASTES LIKE ... XXXX ... With this taste, how would you expect babies to be happy with this kind of thing? Why don't you just give them couple of pills? none horrible taste and trigger vomitting

Worked well – I was pretty nervous about using this the first time but I found that my bub tolerated it ok. I like the fact that it doesn't have artifical colours. I would recommend it - the pharmacist said it was ok to use. Others in my mothers group are using it Calmed my baby

Bad taste – Baby Panadol tastes horrible. My poor baby was sick and unhappy and this made things worse. He wouldn't want to take it, which distressed us both. I'd recommend sticking with Nurofen. Nurofen tastes great. And my son is more than happy to take it when he was sick. However, the panadol does work quickly and I'm happy the results of it, it's just the process for giving it seems to cause more distress than needed. Tastes horrible

Bad taste = unhappy baby – From 2 months to 8 months we used Children's Panadol for pain, however we have stopped using it now in favour of better-tasting children's paracetamol medicines with more gentle dosing devices. Our son would scream when administered Children's Panadol, and become so upset that any benefit of the medicine was lost. We discovered that it was due… Read more

to a combination of the following:

The syringe dosing device was too stiff and would forcefully expel liquid into his mouth or throat, frightening him and spilling much of it despite our best efforts to gently push it out.

The taste is too bitter, which we cottoned on to after he was old enough to express this with facial expressions. I tried some and found it to have a mild burning sensation on the tongue and an unpleasant flavour. Widely available, trusted brand Unpleasant flavour, liquid too thin and prone to spilling out of the mouth, dosing syringe too stiff.

Works well – I am happy with the results of Panadol colourfree baby drops. I always use it for my son whenever he has fever and this panadol always relieves him.It always relieves pain and fever after immunizations as well. My son's maternal nurse recommended it to us and since then we are using it and happy with it. Its easy to measure and it allows me to… Read more

give right dosage to my son. My son has sensitive skin and i have never noticed any adverse effect with it. Its gentle on the tummy as well and keeps fever away. Always works well for my son. Haven't experienced anything wrong.

Don't go there! – My 8 month old will not take any medication without a colossal fight as he is scared by the taste of the Panadol.this has made teething & an ear infection a bit of a nightmare as we're struggling to get antibiotics into him. The syringe dispenser is also difficult to use. I am a nurse & very familiar with syringes yet found more often than not… Read more

some of the medication ended up on me, on the furniture or on the other side of the room. There are substitutes - Dymadon paracetamol, chemist's own paracetamol... Appeared to reduce pain Taste & dispenser

Terrible – Both of my children preferred the taste of the Dymadon paracetamol. It is much less stressful to administer something when the children actually like it. As far as I can tell, both brands are equal in pain relief & in bringing down a fever. Brings down fever Good marketing campaign & stores stock it - everyone seems to be aware of it The children hated the taste of it & refused to take it without a struggle.

Terrible – We use another brand of paracetamol either chemist own brand or dymadon as whatever the suspension is in panadol causes both my boys to vomit it back up. Also applicators/bottles of other brands are more user friendly. Its Paracetamol Both my kids vomit it back up

Terrible – Would not buy this product again. Have found orange flavoured paracetamol ( dymadon) to be much better tolerated. My friends child asks for more of dymadon so they obviously have done sometime right with the flavour. Can be used from 1 month My baby really dislikes this product and will vomit it back up. Once vomited up it's hard to tell how much they have taken and you are left with having to wait 4-6 hours until you can use another product.