Was Calpol suspension licensed in Portugal in 2007?

[ferryman]

No what?

It is not illegal to possess and administer calpol in Portugal.

[ShiningInLuz]

If there is a link between calpol and sleep, the link is that children (like adults) sleep better free of pain than in pain.

So a child is awake and fractious.  A dose of calpol is administered.  The calpol takes away the pain.  The child (soon after) settles and sleeps.

That gives to the idea (among some parents) that calpol has a sedative effect.

Calpol doesn't.

And SIL, yes.

Alfie, no.

Thank you.

[John]

It is not illegal to possess and administer calpol in Portugal.

That shouldn't be a problem as Johnson and Johnson don't market it there.

[pegasus]

KM police statement 6 Sept 2007:
"During these holidays she never gave any medicine to her children".
 
GM police statement 7 Sept 2007:
"He did not give any of these medicines or any others to the children while on holiday in Portugal"

[Mr Gray]

That shouldn't be a problem as Johnson and Johnson don't market it there.

it would be a problem as people take it on holiday with them...the fact is it is not illegal as sil claimed

[G-Unit]

KM police statement 6 Sept 2007:
"During these holidays she never gave any medicine to her children".
 
GM police statement 7 Sept 2007:
"He did not give any of these medicines or any others to the children while on holiday in Portugal"

We have two possibilities;

1. They didn't tell the truth.
2. They did tell the truth.

I would also have asked if anyone else gave medicine to the children, just to cover all eventualities.

[Lace]

Amaral mentions the McCann's had Calpol with them,   no mention that it was illegal for them to take it to Portugal.

[Eleanor]

Amaral mentions the McCann's had Calpol with them,   no mention that it was illegal for them to take it to Portugal.

He missed a good one there.

[G-Unit]

Kate herself has suggested sedation;

Mrs McCann said she had to check that twins Sean and Amelie were still breathing because they did not wake as they began a frantic search for the missing three-year-old.

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Now someone needs to suggest just what type of sedation could have been used to cause such concern?

[ferryman]

He missed a good one there.

Or he didn't (further to Lace's post to which Eleanor responds).

My money is firmly on that contention.

[sadie]

He missed a good one there.

 *&*%£

[Miss Taken Identity]

She herself has suggested sedation;

Mrs McCann said she had to check that twins Sean and Amelie were still breathing because they did not wake as they began a frantic search for the missing three-year-old.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386093/Kate-McCann-Kidnapper-drugged-twins-night-Madeleine-taken.html#ixzz4DR3AAjCM
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Now someone needs to suggest just what type of sedation could have been used to cause such concern?

Well I suspect it wouldn't be calpol, it would be too easy to overdose and being a random kidnapper you would have to take the time to measure the weight of the children for the correct dosage... It would be something else and administered by someone with knowledge of sedative medicine and the childrens weight height.

[Mr Gray]

Well I suspect it wouldn't be calpol, it would be too easy to overdose and being a random kidnapper you would have to take the time to measure the weight of the children for the correct dosage... It would be something else and administered by someone with knowledge of sedative medicine and the childrens weight height.

So you still think calpol is a sedative

[G-Unit]

Well I suspect it wouldn't be calpol, it would be too easy to overdose and being a random kidnapper you would have to take the time to measure the weight of the children for the correct dosage... It would be something else and administered by someone with knowledge of sedative medicine and the childrens weight height.

It would have to be something that was fairly long lasting too, which suggests a substance swallowed or injected. Despite her specialist knowledge Kate never speculated as to what might have been used or how it might have been administered.

[Miss Taken Identity]

So you still think calpol is a sedative

I never claimed it was    I said too much would be an overdose and kill...
I typed "Well I suspect it wouldn't be calpol". to any accusations that calpol would be used to sedate the children which Kate thought  had happened...and being an qualified anaesthetist  she should know!