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Frisium tablet dosage?
My daughter had seizures when she was 3 years 3 months old for the first time with high fever. And again she had seizures for the 2nd time after 6 months with fever. After that she has no seizures till date, from last 18 months she is good. Just to add, no one in our family has seizures history. At that time doctors suggested to give 1/2 Frisium tablet along with Crosin DS syrup. Also, they suggested to continue this Frisium tablet, whenever she would have fever in the future till the age of 6 years. She got fever 100 Foreign degree yesterday and we are giving paracetamol syrup along with 1/2 Frisium tablet. Could someone please confirm if we need to increase the Frisium tablet dosage, as she is 5 years 3 months old now? Also please let me know if we have any side effects with this tablet? Is this common in children? Upto how many years we can continue this tablet when having fever? Thank you very much for your valuable suggestions.
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Simple febrile seizures can recur upto 5-6 years of age. So the doctor would have advised to give during fever only upto this age. You have to take only for three days. The benefits are still controversial but there are no side effects when you take for such a short period.
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Dose depends on the weight and not on age of the child. So if she is 15 kg approximately, you have to give full 5mg tablet 3 times a day for 3 days, even if she has fever only for one day.
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If she has no seizures then it's good. But if there are seizures lasting for more than 5 minutes, please see the doctor
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