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Suggest Dosage For Pentavalent Vaccine

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Posted on Tue, 12 Apr 2016
Question: hi,
my kid is 1.5 months old and weighs 4.1kg. today we gave him pentafac vaccination. doctor suggested to give P-125 drops. the prescribed dosage was 10 drops three times a day.I read in the net saying 1drop =. 05ml. is that correct.

what will be the correct dosage im ml. please suggest.
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Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (9 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Correct dosage is 0.6 ml if fever occurs

Detailed Answer:
Hi xxxxxxxx,
Welcome to hcm.
can understand your concerns.

p-125 drops contain 100 mg paracetamol in 1 ml.
Paracetamol is given in dosage of 15 mg/kg, since your child weight is 4.1 kg the dose of paracetamol should be around 60 mg per dosage.
1 ml has 100 mg so you should give 0.6 ml if fever occurs.
1 drop is equal to .05 ml for most of fluids but as the density of fluid increases the drop is bigger.
I suggest you to give by dropper as it is more accurate.

I hope this will help you.
Take care.
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Suggest Dosage For Pentavalent Vaccine

Brief Answer: Correct dosage is 0.6 ml if fever occurs Detailed Answer: Hi xxxxxxxx, Welcome to hcm. can understand your concerns. p-125 drops contain 100 mg paracetamol in 1 ml. Paracetamol is given in dosage of 15 mg/kg, since your child weight is 4.1 kg the dose of paracetamol should be around 60 mg per dosage. 1 ml has 100 mg so you should give 0.6 ml if fever occurs. 1 drop is equal to .05 ml for most of fluids but as the density of fluid increases the drop is bigger. I suggest you to give by dropper as it is more accurate. I hope this will help you. Take care.