My son is 30 months old and weighs 13.3 kgs. Having fever for the last 3 days which keeps on coming every 4 hours. Doctor prescribed Crocin Suspension DS every 4 hours. The doctor is against giving any antibiotic. How long can we continue giving him this medication every 4 hours and what can be the side effect.
Hi...your doctor is 100% right. It is rare nowadays to find such people to have a restraint on using antibiotics unnecessarily. Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. IF USED IN THE PROPER DOSE AND ONLY IF TEMPERATURE IS MORE THAN 100F, PARACETAMOL IS A SAFE MEDICATION. BUT DO NOT USE PARACETAMOL COMBINATIONS. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15\u00a0mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 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. Hope my answer was helpful for you.  I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Chat Doctor are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.