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Suggest Centamol Drops Alternative For Fever In Infants

Posted on Fri, 2 May 2014

Question: Our baby is 6 weeks old and having the weight of arnd 3 kgs. The bay was vaccinated for 6 weeks vaccines yesterday. Doctor advised us to give the fever medicine to baby as the fever is expected. Baby is having light fever since yesterday evening. So we are started giving Centamol drops having the flavor(mango+mint). It seems baby is not liking the taste and she spits the medicine with saliva after few minutes of intake. Should I look for some other medicine or keep giving the same? Can you please advise about the dosage of this medicine to the baby.

Answered by Dr. Arun (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer: try crocin drops Detailed Answer: Hi Thanks for writing to health care magic. It is common for babies to get fever after 6 weeks vaccination. If your baby is not liking that brand, try crocin drops. Dose I usually recommend for a 3 kg child is 0.5 ml drops every 6 hours if fever is present. If fever is not present you can skip dosing. Wishing your baby speedy recovery and good health Regards Dr Arun

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

Follow up: Dr. Arun (13 minutes later)

Thanks Doctor for your advise, The issue is Crocin brand is out of stock at my location due to some medical regulators Pricing issues. Can you please advice an alternative.

Answered by Dr. Arun (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer: try t98 or calpol Detailed Answer: try t98 or calpol drops. Dose is same regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E