Combiflam Tablets, Back Pain, Safe To Give To Small Children, Side Effects

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2012

Question: Is it okay to give combiflam tablet to my daughter for back pain, aged 9 weight 40 kg

Follow up: Dr. S S Soni (40 minutes later)

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Answered by Dr. S S Soni (8 hours later)

Hi XXXXXXX
Combiflam can be given to chilren for backache, but make sure she is not having frequent episodes of acidity since the medicine can cause acidity especially taken empty stomach
You can try out newer NSAIDs such as Lornoxicam, which does not cause acidity.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar