My child (Boy - 6 yrs old - 24 kgs) has been having high grade fever since last two days and he has been diagonised with viral infection. One of my family physician had prescribed Augmentin DDS (4 ml twice daily) and Crocin DS (8 ml thrice daily) for 3 days. The first course of Augmentin DDS was started yesterday, but there seems no long lasting relief. Kindly advice.
Hello, If I am your doctor, and I am sure of viral fever then I would not prescribe augmenting as antibiotics are usually not needed. He prescribed it to cover other non-viral organisms. Cronin is fine to lower the temperature.  But we need to look for other symptoms also like whether he is having any joint pain or muscular pain. You need not worry much as viral fever subsides after 3 to 4 days. Give him usual diet so that his body can cope up with the infection well. Thank you.