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What Is Correct Dosage Of Ibugesic For Infant?

my 14mnts is having running nose and watery eyesno mucus though. and has been having temp 101-102 on and off. when she has Motrin(USA based Ibuprofin and Tylenol) shes fine for 1-2 hrs but when she goes to sleep the temperature is back. I ran out of the US meds,so got Ibugesic plus, whats the doseage pls?
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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Hi...Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.
I suggest you use only plain paracetamol for fever. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F.
If you want to use Ibuprofen I suggest you use plain Ibuprofen and not Ibugesic Plus which is a combination of both Ibuprofen and Paracetamol. Plain Ibugesic can be given at the dose of 10mg/kg/dose every 8th hourly if temperature is more than 101F and the strength of the suspension is 100mg/5ml.
Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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What Is Correct Dosage Of Ibugesic For Infant?

Hi...Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn t require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. I suggest you use only plain paracetamol for fever. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. If you want to use Ibuprofen I suggest you use plain Ibuprofen and not Ibugesic Plus which is a combination of both Ibuprofen and Paracetamol. Plain Ibugesic can be given at the dose of 10mg/kg/dose every 8th hourly if temperature is more than 101F and the strength of the suspension is 100mg/5ml. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,