Suggest Treatment For Severe Fever

Posted on Fri, 5 Aug 2016

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Fri, 5 Aug 2016 Answered on

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Question : hi doctor,
my daughter picked up fever half an hour ago. is it okay to give her crocin ds in next hour time?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You can give Crocin DS

Detailed Answer:
Hi.... you can give Crocin DS for fever. It contains 240 MG for 5 ml strength of Paracetamol. If you can get back to me with the weight of your kid I will suggest you be appropriate dose.

Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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