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My daughter, weighing 9.3Kg is having fever. At 7.00pm yesterday, she was having 101.4 deg fever and we gave 1.2ml of calpol. At 11.00 pm we gave another dose, as the temperature was 102 degrees. Is the dosage correct ? How frequently can we give calpol ?
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you are using calpol drops I guess. Dose is fine can give upto 1.5ml also can be repeated every 4,6,8hourly also depending on fever frequency.
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