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My baby got 6mth shots has 101.9 fever how often can i rotate infant tylenol (acetaminophen) and motrin. gave tylenol (acetaminophen) at 9:00 when is safe to give motrin?

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3 PM. You can rotate: every 6 hrs.

Answered 6/11/2016

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Tylenol (acetaminophen): Tylenol (acetaminophen) may be used every 4 hours and Motrin may be used every 6 hours. You may alternate them so that the child can receive one of the medications every 3 hours if needed

Answered 1/17/2021

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