Tag: Antipyretic

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Antipyretic: Which side effect is small, oral or suppository?

After continuous popular science, netizens now know that there are two kinds of antipyretic drugs widely used in the world, namely [acetaminophen] and [ibuprofen] recommended by the World Health Organization. Moreover, acetaminophen is the first choice of antipyretic due to its long clinical use time and high safety. Because acetaminophen has two different dosage forms, oral and suppository, netizens often ask me such questions: [acetaminophen can have suppository for rectal administration, why should there be oral dosage forms? Shouldn’t suppositories have less side effects than oral administration, and wouldn’t they hurt the liver? ] With this question in mind, let’s compare the absorption and metabolism differences between oral administration and suppository. Absorption and Metabolism of Oral and Suppository The main Read More …

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Can antipyretic paste reduce fever?

I don’t know when to start, antipyretic stickers have become standard for fever. No matter adults or children, as long as they have a fever, no matter their body temperature or their state, they should first put a sticker on their foreheads. As for whether the sticker is useful or not, it will bring what feelings to children, and no one cares. Fever is good for the child’s recovery. Elevated body temperature can reduce the replication and reproduction of microorganisms in children’s bodies, and can also improve the inflammatory reaction of human bodies, which is conducive to the removal of pathogenic microorganisms. Fever is beneficial to the recovery of children’s illness. It is wrong to think about reducing fever for Read More …

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How to correctly deal with children’s fever?

There are many reasons for children’s fever. Infection, inflammation, tumor, metabolic immunity and other reasons can cause fever. Children of different ages have different causes and treatment measures for fever. For parents, it is difficult to judge the cause of children’s fever, and how to deal with it? The age of that child is very important If your child is less than three months old, As long as the body temperature is higher than 38 ℃, you should go to the hospital. Because at this age, especially during the neonatal period (0-28 days), more than 10% of fever is caused by serious infection, such as bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, etc., and the immune system of the newborn is not perfect, which Read More …