my daughter is suffering from fever&chest congesion.the doctor recomandedthe fallowing medicines 1 crocin 250mg 3.5ml 2 zipod-100 3.5ml 3 t-minic actikof 3.5ml 4 ambrodil-s 3.5ml sir i gave single dose of above medicines.now with in 4 hours she is suffering with high fever. at present what i am do.please advise me sir
Hi, Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in child Chat Doctor.  For cold, you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do.  Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15\u00a0mg/kg/dose (max ceiling dose 500\u00a0mg) every 4-6th hourly, that too only if fever is more than 100F.  I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. For cold, you can use Cetirizine at 0.25\u00a0mg/kg/dose every 12 hourly for 3 days. For the nasal block, plain saline nasal