Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever
M D S Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, K Coppens, L P Hunt, P J Chinnick, P Davies, I M Higginson, J R Benger, M D S Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, K Coppens, L P Hunt, P J Chinnick, P Davies, I M Higginson, J R Benger
Abstract
A randomised open label study of the combined use of paracetamol and ibuprofen to rapidly reduce fever is reported. The advantage of using both medications is less than half a degree centigrade in the first hour, and insufficient to warrant routine use.
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