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Dear Dr. Thank you for your help. My daughter(6.5 yrs) and son (5yrs) are having dry cough from almost 8 days. We gave them Benadryl dry cough syrup. But cough did not reduce. Do I need to start antibiotic now? If yes, please suggest the medicine name. If no, please suggest next step. Regards, Bipul
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