Colourfree Baby Drops 1-2 Months
Colourfree Suspension 1-5 Years
Chewable Tablets 3+
Suppositories 6 Months - 5 Years
Colourfree Suspension 5-12 Years
Elixir 5 - 12 Years
Suppositories 5-12 Years
Soluble 7+
Panadol Tablets
Panadol Caplets with Optizorb Formulation
Panadol Tablets with Optizorb Formulation
Panadol Gel Caps
Panadol Mini Caps
Panadol Suppositories
Panadol Back & Neck
Panadol Extra Caplets
Panadol Rapid Soluble
Panadol Rapid Caplets
Panado Rapid Handipak
Panadol Back & Neck Long Lasting
Panadol Osteo
Panadol Cold & Flu + Decongestant
Panadol Cold & Flu - Flu Strength (Day & Night)
Panadol Cold & Flu Relief + Cough
Panadol Cold & Flu MAX Hot Lemon
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- Product
- Format
- Age
- Key Features
- Ingredients
Colourfree Baby Drops 1-2 Months
- Concentrated Drops
- 1 Month - 2 Years
- Gentle on Tiny Tummies
- 500mg Paracetamol
- No gluten, lactose or sugar
Colourfree Suspension 1-5 Years
- Suspension
- 1-5 Years
- Strawberry/Orange Flavour
- Active Ingredient: Paracetamol 24 mg/mL
Chewable Tablets 3+
- Dissolvable Tablets
- 1-5 Years
- Perfect For Travel
- Active Ingredient: 120mg of Paracetamol per tablet
Suppositories 6 Months - 5 Years
- Suppositories
- 6 Months - 5 Years
- For vomiting
- Active ingredient: Paracetamol 125mg per suppository.
Colourfree Suspension 5-12 Years
- Suspension
- 5-12 Years
- Strawberry/Orange Flavour
- Active ingredient: Paracetamol 48 mg/mL
Elixir 5 - 12 Years
- Suspension
- 5-12 Years
- Fast & gentle relief
- Active ingredient: Paracetamol 48 mg/mL
Suppositories 5-12 Years
- Suppositories
- 5-12 Years
- For vomiting
- Active ingredient: 250mg Paracetamol per suppository
Soluble 7+
- Effervescent Tablets
- 7+ Years
- Absorbed quicker
- Active ingredient: Paracetamol
Panadol Tablets
- Tablets
- 12+ Years
- Basic Pain
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Caplets with Optizorb Formulation
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Quicker Absorbtion
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Tablets with Optizorb Formulation
- Tablets
- 12+ Years
- Quicker Absorbtion
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Gel Caps
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Easier to swallow
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Mini Caps
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Easier to swallow
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Suppositories
- Suppositories
- 12+ Years
- For vomiting
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol per suppository.
Panadol Back & Neck
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Fights Back Pain
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Extra Caplets
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Fight Tough Pai
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol , 65mg caffeine
Panadol Rapid Soluble
- Dissolvable Tablets
- 12+ Years
- Absorbed 2x Faster
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Rapid Caplets
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Absorbed 2x Faster
- Active ingredient: Paracetamol
Panado Rapid Handipak
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Absorbed 2x Faster
- Active ingredient: 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Back & Neck Long Lasting
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Up to 8 hours
- Active ingredient: 655mg Paracetamol
Panadol Osteo
- Tablets
- 12+ Years
- Up to 8 hours
- Active ingredient: 665mg Paracetamol
Panadol Cold & Flu + Decongestant
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- With Decongestant
- 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Cold & Flu - Flu Strength (Day & Night)
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Day & Night Relief
- 500mg Paracetamol
Panadol Cold & Flu Relief + Cough
- Caplets
- 12+ Years
- Cough Relief
- 500mg Paracetamol
Minimise
Colic In Babies
About 1 in 3 babies develop colic. Colic refers to periods of unexplained, distressed crying related to painful muscular spasms in the colon (bowel). The cause is unknown. Babies pull up their legs, arch their back and go red in the face. The crying usually lasts for more than a few hours a day, and for more than 3 days in a week. Colic typically starts in babies when they are 2-3 weeks old and lasts until about 4 months.
With a colicky baby, the spasms often start 20-30 minutes after the feed and may continue until baby expels wind or has a huge explosive bowel motion that seems to ease their discomfort.
Colic may be confused with reflux. However a colicky baby gains weight, doesn’t vomit and is not unsettled during or straight after every feed like a baby with reflux. With a colicky baby, the spasms often start 20-30 minutes after the feed and may continue until baby expels wind or has a huge explosive bowel motion that seems to ease their discomfort.
It’s difficult to know who finds colic harder, the parent or the baby. Although a colicky baby is obviously in distress and uncomfortable, colic is not usually a serious medical problem. Seek advice and support from your Child and Family Health Nurse or family doctor to check that the cause of your child’s prolonged crying isn’t a more serious medical problem.
Tips for managing a colicky baby
- Wrap your baby and try carrying them in different positions. Constant movement often soothes colicky babies.
- Stand up, hold your baby resting face-down over your arm at waist level, with their head at your elbow and your hand under their hips. Then pat your baby’s bottom gently and rhythmically with your other hand as you sway gently back and forth.
- Gently massage your baby’s abdomen in a clockwise direction.
- Discuss your baby’s feeding patterns with your Child and Family Health Nurse. They may be drinking too quickly or feeding too often.
- Try to feed baby before they get too hungry or distressed.
- Sometimes changes to your diet, if you are breastfeeding, or a change in the baby’s formula, can be helpful. Discuss this with your Child and Family Health Nurse.
- Consult your pharmacist or a natural health practitioner regarding over the counter remedies that may be helpful. You may also like to discuss this with your family doctor if you’re concerned.
** References:
Parenting and child health. Adelaide: Women's and Children's Health
Network; 2015. Available from www.cyh.com
Better Health Channel. Melbourne: Department of Health and Human
Services, State Government of Victoria, Australia; 2015. Available from
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
