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Fever and dosage information
My son suffering from fever. In my home calpol 250 is available but I don't know about dosage my son is 3 yr 6 month old and 14 kg weight.
Please suggest how many ml dosage give him and how many times in a day
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4.5 ml sos
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4 ml three times a day generally 8 th hrly .
Hydrate well .if fever is more than 102 F ,may need higher dose
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You can give 4.5ml for fever...you can give it every 6 hourly if needed...
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maintain hydration
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Dr. Sowmitra Suraneni
Pediatrician
10 yrs exp
Hyderabad
U can give 4.5ml of syrup calpol 250 whenever there's fever ( temperature more than 99.5F)
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if fever doesn't subside in one or two days ....have an online consultation
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Usually can be given upto 4 times in a day depending on fever spikes. Make sure that there's a gap of atleast 4 hrs between 2 doses.
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