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Alternating acetaminophen and ibuprofen

PenelopePondPenelopePond member
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How do you do it? Dumb questions I know. I just gave him ibuprofen. When do I do the first dose of acetaminophen?

TIA :)
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  • watercolor5watercolor5 member
    You mainly want to make sure that each tylenol dosage is still at least 4 hours apart, and each ibuprofin dosage is still at least 6 hours apart, and give the least amount of medicine needed to get the fever down.  I'll only use both medicines if the ibuprofin alone won't keep the fever down for the full 6 hours, so I usually end up giving the tylenol when the ibuprofin has worn off.  Ibuprofin works better than tylenol at fever reduction, so when in doubt, start with that.
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  • AKB090609AKB090609 member
    Our Pedi told us not to alternate anymore, just stick with one med.
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  • PenelopePondPenelopePond member
    Thanks ladies. :)

    His temp was 102 when I gave him the medicine three hours ago. It's 102.1 now. He's acting fine. I think we will try a bath.
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    I wait at least 3 hrs

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  • FlamingemuFlamingemu member
    PenelopePond said:
    Thanks ladies. :) His temp was 102 when I gave him the medicine three hours ago. It's 102.1 now. He's acting fine. I think we will try a bath.
    How is he doing?

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    Flamingemu said:


    PenelopePond said:

    Thanks ladies. :)

    His temp was 102 when I gave him the medicine three hours ago. It's 102.1 now. He's acting fine. I think we will try a bath.

    How is he doing?

    Thanks for asking :). The meds weren't helping, so I took him to the pedi. It turns out he has an ear infection and viral infection. No flu thankfully. He's on antibiotics for the next ten days. He's pretty pitiful right now: fever, shivers, lots of snot, and miserable. Hopefully the antibiotics will knock this crap out fast.
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    Glad you at least have some answers. I hope the meds kick his ear infection quickly.

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    Kid #2 - maybe???
    Diagnosed with Severe Ashermans 
    Hysteroscopy #10 - scar tissue grew back reblocking my right tube
    #11 or IVF with scarring still inside?
    1 lone embryo from September 2016 retreival, dx with Trisomy 16, starting fresh
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    Feel better Sean! :(
                           
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    Poor kiddo. Hope you got some sleep.

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  • PenelopePondPenelopePond member
    He's definitely better this morning. Very minimal fever, not as runny nose, and he looks like Sean again (he was looking very dull and miserable). So yay! Thanks again ladies.
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