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What Is The Suggested Dosage Of Antipyretic In Child?

My kid s 3 years old and running temperature for the last 3 days. The doc has prescribed him cefexime syrup and Ibuprofen+paracetamol syrup. We gave him a dose of the antipyretic 5 hours ago, is it ok to give him another dose now as he is running temperature
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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I would advise you to go for plain paracetamol suspension for fever in this age and use Ibuprofen only for uncontrolled fever. At present because you have this drug only you have to wait atleast 3 more hours to repeat the dose as it contains ibuprofen also.
Dr.V.S.Sri Vidhya
Chennai
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What Is The Suggested Dosage Of Antipyretic In Child?

Hi.. I would advise you to go for plain paracetamol suspension for fever in this age and use Ibuprofen only for uncontrolled fever. At present because you have this drug only you have to wait atleast 3 more hours to repeat the dose as it contains ibuprofen also. Dr.V.S.Sri Vidhya Chennai