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Is Azithral Drops Safe To Be Taken For Runny Nose And Cough?

My baby is 5 months old..have cough runny nose and light fever ..can t sleep at night..I gave him coscopin syrup 1 ml,phenergun 2 ml,calpol drops .5ml and asthalin inhailer 5 times a day from 2 days..he is 7 kg now... When he had 3 months same problem arise..doctor prescribe all the medicine along with azithal drops.. Can I start azithal too?? Is the dose of all medicine is OK?? He is not OK still..plz suggest
Fri, 30 Dec 2016
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thanks for writing
i understand your concern

although it is safe i would not recommend you to start with azithral

Reason; azithral contains azithromycin which is an antibacterial drug , most of the upper respiratory tract infections are because of virus with very few being bacterial.moreover symptoms are more suggestive of viral cause and unnecessary use of antibiotics may cause their resistance.

continue with coscopin syrup 1ml,phnergun 2ml and calpol and asthalin inhaler
it may take some time before symptoms gradually subsides.

in the case of danger signs like lower chest retraction, fast breathing ,dizziness,difficulty in feeding immediately take the child to emergency room.

hope this was helpful, do let me know if you have any further queries
I hope the child gets well soon.
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Is Azithral Drops Safe To Be Taken For Runny Nose And Cough?

thanks for writing i understand your concern although it is safe i would not recommend you to start with azithral Reason; azithral contains azithromycin which is an antibacterial drug , most of the upper respiratory tract infections are because of virus with very few being bacterial.moreover symptoms are more suggestive of viral cause and unnecessary use of antibiotics may cause their resistance. continue with coscopin syrup 1ml,phnergun 2ml and calpol and asthalin inhaler it may take some time before symptoms gradually subsides. in the case of danger signs like lower chest retraction, fast breathing ,dizziness,difficulty in feeding immediately take the child to emergency room. hope this was helpful, do let me know if you have any further queries I hope the child gets well soon.