Can Another Paracetomal Dosage Be Given To Treat Fever In A Child?

Posted on Fri, 22 Sep 2017

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Question : My daughter 6 years old having fever and just now we gave paracetomal and she vomited immediately after two minutes. Can i give another dose immediately? Or wait for some time?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please repeat the dose

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for asking on this platform

As the child has vomited withing two minutes of taking the medicine dose I would suggest you to give one more dose.
Monitor the temperature. Do tepid sponging for better result.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Regards

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