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My baby is 6 moth old withh weight 7kg. He has cold, cough and fever. Doctor gave Maxtra p oral drops to him for fever and cold. Also gave mucolite, and antibiotic and nebulizer. After giving Maxtra p his fever reduce little but after 2 hr of dose again fever starts increasing so after 4 hr of dose i gave him calpol 100 drops of 0.7 ml but same patern repeated . After 2 hr again fever is increasing so now after 4 dr of calpol 100 can i gove Maxtra p drop as given dose that is 0.7 ml?
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Give a gap of 5-6 hours between calpol dose If in this gap fever occurs continue tepid sponging
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