Calpol Number 1 of 9 in Baby Pain Relief

Calpol is most well known and popular children’s medicine. Almost half of mums with a child aged 0-12 months say it is the only children’s medicine they will buy.

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  • High Overall Rating
  • High score for Product Quality
  • Most popular brand in category
  • Highest level of loyalty in category
  • Most well known brand in category
  • A 'Top 100' baby brand

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  • Not rated as highly as other medicines for value for money.

"Always have some calpol handy!! It has got us through the dreaded immunisation's and teething! Wouldn't be without it."
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Description

Gets to work on fever in just 15 minutes. Contains paracetamol. For babies and children aged from 2 months to 6 years weighing more than 4kg and not premature.

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2706 Ratings

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Value for Money 3/5
Quality 4/5
Awareness 4/5
Loyalty 3/5
Popularity 4/5

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Covers common symtoms so you know it's safe to use for a variety of them

10/05/2016
Value for Money 3/5
Quality 5/5

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Great pain relief for babies from newborn up to kiddies, easy to use and understand instructions and medicine dispenser, great taste also

12/06/2020
Value for Money 2/5
Quality 5/5

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Average. Boots own is better.

15/03/2018
Value for Money 2/5
Quality 3/5

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This works, but it is quite expensive. You can buy own brand product for half the price and it does the same job. However the sachets are useful for keeping in the changing bag as don

15/03/2018
Value for Money 3/5
Quality 4/5

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Very effective medicine but the supplied syringe sticks and fires the medicine in in one go, which in one case led to choking. This seems to be a common problem with the Calpol syringe. My little one seems to prefer the taste of other brands.

10/01/2018
Value for Money 3/5
Quality 3/5

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More pricey when it does the same has the cheaper one

29/11/2017
Value for Money 3/5
Quality 5/5

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Straight forward to administer but very sticky. Seems to do the trick in terms of pain relief.

29/11/2017
Value for Money 3/5
Quality 3/5

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Good for bringing temp down but it doesn't last long.

28/11/2017
Value for Money 2/5
Quality 3/5

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I

28/11/2017
Value for Money 3/5
Quality 4/5

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Very expensive, having two children one who is teething and the other who has chicken pox at the moment, it has gone down so quickly So I

28/11/2017
Value for Money 2/5
Quality 3/5

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Very expensive considering it has the same active ingredients as the own brands. Has a nicer taste.

16/11/2017
Value for Money 2/5
Quality 5/5

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I like the top means u can get all the medicine out

13/10/2017
Value for Money 1/5
Quality 5/5

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