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Hi, my daughter is 8 and half month old. She is suffering from cough and cold since last 5 days. Doctor has given cefprozil and solvin cold. But still no relief. Please tell me is dis medicine gud for her. Someone told me about tminic and sinarest. can i use dis medicine for her.
Hi...This seems to be a viral illness - No need to use powerful antibiotics like Cefprozil and the other drug T-Minic has the propensity to increase the heart rate. Please do not use them both.
Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. For cold you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4-6th hourly to relive nasal congestion. Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Are T-minic And Sinarest Safe For Infants?
Hi...This seems to be a viral illness - No need to use powerful antibiotics like Cefprozil and the other drug T-Minic has the propensity to increase the heart rate. Please do not use them both. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. For cold you can use Cetrizine at 0.25mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For nasal block, plain saline nasal drops will do, every 4-6th hourly to relive nasal congestion. Regards - Dr. Sumanth