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Newborn On Flicloxacillin For Skin Infection. Is This Medication Safe?
Hi my 3 weeks old baby is on flucloxacillin 125mg/5ml for skin infection.Doctor prescribed to take it 4 Times a day 4ml each time.However I have read the leflet and decided to give my little one 2.5ml as described in leflet for babies yonger then 2 years old.Have I done the right think ,aspecial as I'm alergic on peniciline myself.It there is any risk for baby?
Wed, 29 May 2013
Hi,
Thank you for your query.
You have done the right thing. It would have been better to give a medicine like ampicillin and consider the next generation antibiotic if there was no response.
I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction.
Wishing your baby an early recovery.
Regards,
Rajiv K Khandelwal
http://goo.gl/SuCjl
Thank you for your query.
You have done the right thing. It would have been better to give a medicine like ampicillin and consider the next generation antibiotic if there was no response.
I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction.
Wishing your baby an early recovery.
Regards,
Rajiv K Khandelwal
http://goo.gl/SuCjl
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