Are Calpol, Kufril And Cepodem Dry Syrup Safe For An Infant?

Posted on Mon, 18 Jul 2016

Question: Hi,
My doctor has prescribed my 19 month old baby girl cepodem dry syrup, calpol syrup, and kufril ls syrup for her fever, vomiting tendency and cough. Does these have any harmful side effects.

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No harmful Side Effects but antibiotic might not be required

Detailed Answer:
Hi.....fever, cough and cold are viral in origin 95% of the times. These might not require antibiotics. As such the medicines which you have quoted do not have any major harmful side effects if they are used in the appropriate doses as suggested by your physician.

I have a few questions for you -

1. How many days of fever is it?

2. How high was the maximum documented temperature?

3. How is the kid's activity when the temperature becomes normal?

4. What other symptoms are there apart from fever?

5. Is the cough associated with fast breathing or respiratory distress?

6. How is the feeding of the kid?

Please get back to me with answers to the above questions so that I will be in a better position clinically to guide you further.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar