best medicine to give 4 year old for cough/ congestion?

Question

what is the best over the counter medicine to give my 4 year old for cough/congestion?

Answer 1

It's funny you ask. I have a 4 year old with a cough and congestion. For her entire life I have had nothing but problems with giving her medicine. I would just dread when she got sick cause there wasn't too much I could do to help her. I give her chewables she spits them out, cough medicine she pukes all over the place. I'm not sure if you are in the same position with your 4 year old and I'm not sure which one works best since my daughter has always been impossible with taking medicine. But, tonight we hit a milestone - I'm so excited we found something she loves and they worked great (so far anyway). Tonight was the first night but they are the Triaminic strips. Place 1 strip on the tongue and they dissolve. My daughter was begging me for another one. Berry flavour and they are for cough and congestion. Good luck!

Answer 2

Best Congestion Medicine

Answer 3

My little one is a little over 3 1/2 and I give her Tylenol Cold and Allergy --- it seems to work pretty good for the congestion, runny nose, etc.

The best cough medicine in my opinion is Delsym, you only need to give like 1/2 teaspoon and it lasts all night, even works on us adults too !

Answer 4

Well, I'm with the Robitussin user's and the Dimetapp user's. I have given my kids a combo of both when they are sick and it always works great and is perfectly safe to give together. Just make sure you are dosing them consistently for a couple of days. The Dimetapp helps relieve what's trickling down there throat to make them cough and the Robitussin helps make their coughs more productive. Hope they get better soon.

I use the generic brand at Walmart. Works just as good as the name brand and soooo much cheaper.

Answer 5

Plain old children's robitussin... If you want to give the child something with a cough suppressant do it at night so the baby can sleep. Otherwise let them cough (with the aid of an expectorant) during the day...If you suppress the cough all the time the gunk will just accumulate and baby wont get any better =(

Answer 6

i used robottusin for kids cheap brands work just as well as the expensive ones. i also so use a vicks vaporizor in their room when they are congested and i put vicks rub on their chests and back and a little under the nose and they also have vapor bath stuff at walmart which i only used when they get sick like that. push the vitamin C and zinc it will help body fight cold better. if cold gets really bad you would need to take child into the doctor in case of phnemonia or bronchitis which both need special medications.

Answer 7

I would do either Pediacare or Robitussin or Triaminic. However, don't supress the cough during the day - it's better that they do cough when they're awake - if there's any mucus in their chests, coughing breaks it up so they can get rid of it.

Answer 8

i like Robitussin(cf)it relieves coughs,stuffy noses,and chest congestion. it really works i use it for my children and one of them has asthma,it works very well on her with the asthma.oh ya and the store brands work good too just compare them side by side to make sure they have the same amount of meds in it.
make sure to ask your doctor first to see if it is safe for a four year old.

HOPE YOUR CHILD FEELS BETTER SOON!!!!!

Answer 9

Dimetapp DM works great as an OTC, they've (the FDA) taken the pseudoephedrine (sudafed) out of all the otc's now, but it did work the best. the dm is for the cough and now it has bromphenerimine for the congestion.

Answer 10

I just use Tylenol cold and cough it works good.