Is It Safe To Give Advil Along With Tylenol For Fever And Dry Cough?

Posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2015

Question: My 17 year old son has 104 fever and a mild dry cough. I gave him 2 advil 45 min ago and fever is now 103.2.
Can i piggy-back tylenol or go to ER?

Answered by Dr. Arun (32 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
yes you can

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for writing to us.
Advil is ibuprofen . It can be once in 8 hours.
If fever is not settling you can add tylenol every 6 hours.
Try one or two doses of tylenol too. You can give advil too every 8 hours
If fever does not settle it is better to take him to ER.
He might have a throat infection, a throat swab for streptococcus will identify if it is present, antibiotics like amoxicillin may be needed.

Ensure he drinks plenty of liquids to keep him hydrated during fever.
Wishing him speedy recovery.
REgards

Dr Arun

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