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Is It Safe To Give Omnacortil 5 Mg Regularly To A 3 Year Old?

my son is 3 years old and he gets cold and cough problem every 15 days during this rainy and wet season after that he starts weezing and doctors gv him omnacortil..is it safe to give him omnacortil 5 mg after evry 15 days? or there can be any other solution?
Mon, 4 May 2015
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hi OMNACORTIL CAN BE USED AS A COURSE FOR A SH0RTER DURATION FOR 2 WEEKS AND CAN BE TTAPERED LATE. NO NEED TO USE EVERY 15BDAYS AS STEROIDS PERSE ARE ASSOCIATED WITHOTHER SIDE EFFECTS.your child also might have an allergic tendency with Asthma like features.He needs to be put on BRONCHODILATOR AND INHALED STEROIDS FOR A WHILE AS HE HAD FREQUENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA . Please consult a child specialist well versed in ASTHMA TRATMENT WHO WILL ADVISE IN DETAIL THE LIFE STYL AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES ALSO
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Is It Safe To Give Omnacortil 5 Mg Regularly To A 3 Year Old?

hi OMNACORTIL CAN BE USED AS A COURSE FOR A SH0RTER DURATION FOR 2 WEEKS AND CAN BE TTAPERED LATE. NO NEED TO USE EVERY 15BDAYS AS STEROIDS PERSE ARE ASSOCIATED WITHOTHER SIDE EFFECTS.your child also might have an allergic tendency with Asthma like features.He needs to be put on BRONCHODILATOR AND INHALED STEROIDS FOR A WHILE AS HE HAD FREQUENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA . Please consult a child specialist well versed in ASTHMA TRATMENT WHO WILL ADVISE IN DETAIL THE LIFE STYL AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES ALSO