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Is It Safe To Give Maftal-P For Fever?

My daughter suffering from cold+cough+fever ,Dr prescribed Zincold+Novamox+Ascoril ls+ but Zincold not able to bring down the fever as expected. In case of high fever we giving Maftal-P as suggested by Doctor.Please advise is it safe to give Maftap-f ,Shall we cont. Zincold ? with above combination of medicine.
Mon, 17 Nov 2014
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Hi welcome to HCM
Please mention Age /sex, weight of patient if age is less then 13 yrs and the duration of current illness from next time .
maximum drugs dose are depends on body weight.
Now come to your question
Zincold tabelet contains Cetrazine 5 mg+ Phenylephrine 5mg + Paracetamol 500
Meftal P tab contains Mefenamic Acid and paracetamol.
THE COMBINATION AND MECHANISM OF ACTION ON ABOVE MENTIONED DRUG IS DIFFERENT EXCEPT pARACETAMOL.
Mefanamic acid better acts on abdominal pain , pain in period
Paracetamol has property to reduce fever which is available in both medicine.
In my opinion if your daughter is lesser than the age 13 avoid meftal P ( untill unless strongly needed and advice by only Pediatrician ), give Zincold .
If fever occurs again then


>1 month to 12 years: 10 to 15 mg/kg/dose every 4 to 6 hours as needed (Maximum: 5 doses in 24 hours)

Fever: 4 months to 9 years: Initial Dose: 30 mg/kg (Reported by one study (n=121) to be more effective in reducing fever than a 15 mg/kg maintenance dose with no difference regarding clinical tolerance.)
Calpol and Crocin are the brand name wich are available anywhere in India and doesn't require any Doctor's Prescriptions . It is available in both Tab and syrup.
Kindly contact to your treating doctor , may required some investigations.
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Is It Safe To Give Maftal-P For Fever?

Hi welcome to HCM Please mention Age /sex, weight of patient if age is less then 13 yrs and the duration of current illness from next time . maximum drugs dose are depends on body weight. Now come to your question Zincold tabelet contains Cetrazine 5 mg+ Phenylephrine 5mg + Paracetamol 500 Meftal P tab contains Mefenamic Acid and paracetamol. THE COMBINATION AND MECHANISM OF ACTION ON ABOVE MENTIONED DRUG IS DIFFERENT EXCEPT pARACETAMOL. Mefanamic acid better acts on abdominal pain , pain in period Paracetamol has property to reduce fever which is available in both medicine. In my opinion if your daughter is lesser than the age 13 avoid meftal P ( untill unless strongly needed and advice by only Pediatrician ), give Zincold . If fever occurs again then 1 month to 12 years: 10 to 15 mg/kg/dose every 4 to 6 hours as needed (Maximum: 5 doses in 24 hours) Fever: 4 months to 9 years: Initial Dose: 30 mg/kg (Reported by one study (n=121) to be more effective in reducing fever than a 15 mg/kg maintenance dose with no difference regarding clinical tolerance.) Calpol and Crocin are the brand name wich are available anywhere in India and doesn t require any Doctor s Prescriptions . It is available in both Tab and syrup. Kindly contact to your treating doctor , may required some investigations.