Suggest Treatment For Fever And Cold In Child

Posted on Thu, 20 Aug 2015

Question: Hi, my daughter is suffering from Cold and she is having fever. Currently its 102 F, we are giving Fepanil 125 (2 ML). Is this correct dosage for 14 months baby? Please advise

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (29 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
2 ml of fepanil won't be sufficient

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Fepanil contains 125 mg of paracetamol in 5 ml.
The dose of paracetamol is 10-15 mg/kg/ dose and it can be repeated every 6-8 hours.
The average weight of 14 month old child is 10 kg.So the dose will be 100-150 mg that is equivalent to 4-6 ml of Fepanil.
So assuming the weight of baby as 10 kg 5 ml dose of Fepanil will be sufficient.
If fever is not responding do tepid sponging.
Most of the time fever with cough in this age is due to some viral infection.Giving syrup containing antiallergic like chlorpheniramine and decongestant like phenylephrine provides relief.

I hope this helps.
Please do ask if you have any more query.
Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar