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Are there safe over-the-counter medications that i can give a child to help his bacterial infection?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Prescription only: Medications to treat bacterial infections are only available by prescription. See your pediatrician or family doctor to confirm this is a bacterial infection and to give you the treatment options.
Answered 7/20/2012
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Help: Over the counter products like Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen will not treat and or resolve a bacterial infection, but they can certainly help decrease temps and aches/soreness.
Answered 6/25/2014
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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!: Bacterial infections require treatment with an appropriate antibiotic. This can only be prescribed/decided by your physician. To think otherwise may possibly endanger the life of the affected person.
Answered 6/20/2012
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