By 8pm, ibuprofen was totally out of the system and Tylenol was almost done. I would try not to panic, but I would give both motrin and tylenol at the same time and give it 30 minites to kick in.
By 8pm, ibuprofen was totally out of the system and Tylenol was almost done. I would try not to panic, but I would give both motrin and tylenol at the same time and give it 30 minites to kick in.
By 8pm, ibuprofen was totally out of the system and Tylenol was almost done. I would try not to panic, but I would give both motrin and tylenol at the same time and give it 30 minites to kick in.
When you do this, do you do full doses of each?
Yes, full doses. I usually try to stagger them in a way that they aren't wearing off at the same time (tylenol is 4-6 hours, motrin is 6-8, so I usually start with motrin and 4 hours later give Tylenol, then 2-3 hours later give Motrin...). But with a 104+ fever I'd be freaking out and do full doses of each immediately.
Post by barefootcontessa on Jul 26, 2014 22:23:00 GMT -5
glad it is coming down. one of my sons runs very high fevers and can have seizures as a result. for some reason, neither ibuprofen alone nor tylenol alone can bring his fever done but the combination does. so when he has a fever, I immediately dose him with both simultaneously and then start staggering, tylenol every four hours and ibuprofen every six. high fevers are scary.
Post by fortnightlily on Jul 26, 2014 22:30:07 GMT -5
DS is 10 months and hit 105 three times last weekend. No other symptoms other than super fussiness, and the temp would go down with meds but pop back up as soon as they wore off. Pedi sent us to the ER on Mon just for quicker turnaround on labs. Turned up nothing except random virus, and a week later he's back to normal.
It's scary stuff, I hope your LO is doing better soon.