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Dr my baby girl is 18 months old,she had allergy on skin ,Dr gave 5 ml levocetrizine and 5 ml hydroxyzine twice daily for 4 days,will it cause overdosage of antihistamine and effect her...
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Dr. Sameeta M Prabhu
Pediatrician
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello,
Can you please describe the rashes and does she have allergies usually?
Also, does anyone else at home have usual skin allergies, food allergies or asthma etc.
If it's confirmed to be an allergy, we can give Levocetrizine or Hydroxyzine.
The dose depends more on the weight of the baby more than the age.
If we can assume your baby girl may be around 10-12kgs? Then giving Syp. Hydroxyzine (10mg/5ml) 5 ml twice a day is ok . However, maybe we can withhold Levocetrizine and see how she responds.
If trying Levocetrizine, you may give Syp. Levocetrizine (2.5mg/5ml) 2.5 ml once a day at night.
You can try with one medicine .. and see the response.
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Dr. Shilpa Reddy Kolla
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5 yrs exp
Hyderabad
It depends on the extent of the rash
The doctor must have analysed and given her
If in doubt plz take a consult for review
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