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Suggest Medicine For Bronchitis And Fever?
My 17 year old son went to dr. on Friday. 101.2 fever, coughing up yellow mucus... sent him to ER for chest xray. they said bronchitis and asthma. Gave him prednisone 20mg 3X a day for 3 days. Today is day 3 and he feels awful and has a 103.4 fever. What should we do? Just gave him 2 advil PM about 20 minutes ago Fever was 103.1 then now 103.4
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
Give him tablet naproxen 500 mg twice daily for 3 days for fever.
Also start azithromycin 500 mg daily for 5 days.
Get him evaluated with chest xray and to confirm whether there is any pneumonia.
Also start azithromycin 500 mg daily for 5 days.
Get him evaluated with chest xray and to confirm whether there is any pneumonia.
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