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Paracetamol dose
Hi my baby is 8months old 7.3kg weight she has fever for almost 3days my doctor prescribed me cefpodoxime 2ml for 2times, citrizine(3ml) for 2times and paracetamol syrup 250ml 2ml for 3times all these for 3days
As I heard paracetamol drops are good than
Syrup it's so confusing now she is okay fever returned to normal but also sometimes temperatures rising should I give paracetamol during night spiking???
Sometimes it's been normal sometimes it's reaching 100 is this normal for 2days i am giving medicine
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We usually prescribed drops in 1st year of life as it doesn't contain sugar...
Else drop and syrup are same
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It's normal
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Kindly consult
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You can give either syrup or drops. But dose should be as prescribed by the pediatrician, because concentration of paracetamol is different in different syrups and drops. Some children prefer syrup because it has better taste compared to drops.
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since the fever spike is coming down, nothing to worry.
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you can follow up with your pediatrician,if the child is having fever even after 3 days of antibiotics.
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You can give paracetamol syrup or drops. They are equally effective. You can give it at night. Fever can take a few days to go away. If she is active and eating well, nothing to worry about
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Drops or syrup 120,125 , 250 whatever doctors prescribed is good . Paediatricians can prescribe any above according to weight. All are same . U
Ur baby is improving if frequency or grade of fever going down .
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Consult after 3 dz
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Dr. Deepika S
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Chennai
The efficacy of the syrup and drops is same. However if you want to use the drops, you can give Crocin drops(1ml=100mg strength) 0.9ml 6 hours once if fever goes more than 100F .
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Dr. Richa Singh Rajawat
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9 yrs exp
Noida
That's normal
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Vadodara
250mg/5ml, 2.5ml
100mg/ml (DROPS), 1ml
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Dr. Abhishek Khandelwal
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Raipur
Yes it's normal
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Dr. Tangade Vishal Bhanudas
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Pune
Yes it's normal.
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Dr. Sachin Pariskar
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Yes it's normla
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