Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is dosed by weight in small children, but for a child that young you should get the express consent from a doctor since it can affect them differently than older children and adults.
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There should be a paper insert with any infant medication that provides you with the dosage based on the weight of your child.Since age is not an exact method of measuring any amount of medication for a child, the weight is the best choice.If you do not have that information readily available, most manufacturers provide the information on their websites.
Depending on your age, and wheather or not you have a history of liver/gastric problems means this can not be a personal answer. However, for an adult, with no history of gastric/liver problems OR history of allergic reactions to paracetamol or Ibuprofen, you can take up to 1g of paracetamol, and 400mg of ibuprofen.
c= a*g/g+12 A = adult dose g = child's age C = child's dose it is used for calculation of child dosages
Before administering any modified dose of medication to a child always consult with the child's pediatrician.Consult a pediatrician before administering any dose of medication for a child that does not match the prescribed dose.
Fried's rule, a method of estimating the dose of medication for a child by multiplying the adult dose by the child's age in months and dividing the result by 150.
I have pain in my knee. Can I take paracetamol. My age is 78 yrs. Reply
It is a way of calculating pediatric doses for children over the age of 2 based on the adult dose. Take the age of the child in years and divide that by their age plus 12. Multiply this number times the adult dose. Pediatric dose = [age/(age + 12)] x adult dose Again, this is not the best means available- Wight or BSA calculations are better.
If I were you i would stick with rohypnol.
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Nope, It stops growing after the "Crawling" Age
My 5 month old grand child has one - so there is no minimum age.