HealthCareMagic is now Ask A Doctor - 24x7 | https://www.askadoctor24x7.com

Get your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
159 Doctors Online

By proceeding, I accept the Terms and Conditions

Dr. Andrew Rynne
MD
Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

HCM Blog Instant Access to Doctors
HCM BlogQuestions Answered
HCM Blog Satisfaction

HI, My Baby Is 40 Days Old. Having Cold And

HI, My baby is 40 days old. Having cold and cough from 8 days. He is taking following medicine from last 6 days: "Cefixime Oral suspension IP" and Paracetamol Oral drops from TusQ. He is not having blocked nose, but some cough. It is like 15 coughs in a day. Today doctor change medicine and said if he doenst improve in 5 days we would go for X-ray of chest. But when I read about new medicine online, I am finding it not recommended for infants, the medicines are : a) Promethazine Syrup I.P.
b) Amoxycyillin and Potassium Clavulanate Oral Suspension IP : 15 drops, twice daily 0.7ml each
c) Mucolite: 10 drops thrice daily, 0.25ml each.
He did not get 1 month vaccine yet, so yet to get pneumonia vaccine,
I have following questions a) I giving these medicines ok
b) Is X-Rays ok for 40 days old baby?
c) What could be doctor suspecting if he has given these meidicnes?
Sat, 5 Nov 2016
Report Abuse
For a more detailed, immediate answer, try our premium service [Sample answer]
Share on
 

Related questions you may be interested in


Loading Online Doctors....
HI, My Baby Is 40 Days Old. Having Cold And