Rachael Ray: Rachael's Daytime Talkshow

Getting Your Kids to Take Their Medicine

Aired on: February 24, 2011

It’s hard enough for parents when their kids are sick or injured, but it can be even more difficult sometimes to make them feels better, whether it’s getting a shot, taking medicine, or even pulling off a bandage. Dr. Travis Stork from The Doctors and a few of Rachael’s little viewers test three products that can help make the experience less painful … for kids and adults!

Buzzy Dr. Travis explains, “The key to the Buzzy is if you can distract the pain sensory fibers, then it doesn’t hurt as much. So this just vibrates right above where a shot is going to be given and it distracts the child so that they don’t focus on the needle.”

Pain-Free Bandage Remover “This is made with organic, natural ingredients,” Dr. Travis says, “and created by a young girl who didn’t like taking bandages off because it hurt!” Applied to top of a bandage, the No-Ouch liquid makes removing them a snap. “And the key there is never rip a bandage off,” Dr. Travis warns, “especially if a bandage is adhered to a wound. You want to make sure it’s at least moist before you take it off otherwise you could disrupt that scab that’s forming.”

The Medicator Invented by a pediatrician, the Medicator is for kids who absolutely refuse to take their medicine. “The idea is that you’re using a binkie-like device to get the medicine back past the taste buds,” Dr. Travis says. “Some kids will tolerate this better than just forcing medicine down with a spoon. But the key to this, to any mother out there, is no matter what you’re using to deliver the medicine, make sure you’re using the right dose because under or overdosing kids happens so frequently.”