USEFUL INFORMATION

Many common illnesses can be treated by over the counter remedies. Your local pharmacists are excellent at recommending the most suitable treatments for these.
 
It's useful to always have the following in your medicine cabinet at home. All medicines should be stored in a suitably safe place, out of reach of children:
 
1) Paracetamol (Calpol for children) - for pain relief/temperature
2) Ibuprofen (Neurofen for children) - for pain relief/inflammation
3) Antihisatmine - for allergy/hayfever
4) Simple linctus for coughs
5) Plasters for minor cuts
6) Dioralyte sachets - for dehydration from diarrhoea/vomiting
7) Imodium/milk of magnesia or alternative - for stomach upsets
 
If symptoms worsen or are associated with other symptoms please contact the surgery.

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