Children's Advil VS. Children's Tylenol

My daughter is a regular user of Advil and Tylenol to keep her fevers down. If she doesn't use them she has febrile seizures. Using them so much has taught me a lot about how they work, and which one is actually better. I will compare the two in this article.

Price: I just wanted to get this comparison out of the way. I have to include it because a lot of people want to buy the cheaper product. For a standard child's 4 fl oz liquid suspension you can expect to pay $5.89 for Advil. Children's Tylenol suspension liquid costs $5.99 for a 4 fl oz bottle. Not much difference in price. Advil leads by $.10.

Variety: Kids don't always like the taste of their medicine so I thought I should include what flavors are available in each brand. Advil comes in 3 basic flavors. These flavors include blue raspberry, grape, and fruit flavors. My kids hated the blue raspberry flavor, and prefer the cherry. The blue raspberry also stained my daughter's shirt terribly. I couldn't get the stain out either. Each child will have his or her own preference, however, so your child may love the blue raspberry (although you won't if you spill it). Tylenol comes in 4 flavors: Cherry blast, bubble gum, grape splash, and very berry strawberry. My kids love the bubble gum flavor. As a matter of fact, I don't know any kid who turns down the bubble gum flavor.

Advil also offers choices between suspension liquid, children's chewables, and children's junior strength swallowable tablets. Tylenol gives you the choice of suspension liquid, children's meltaways, and junior meltaways. There are currently no swallowable tablets available for juniors. Of course both companies offer drops for infants.