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When should adults take paracetamol to lower a fever caused by flu? is it better to leave the fever alone if you are resting at home anyway? not preg

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Dr. Yelena Kipervas answered

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Plan: You can use paracetamol for flu because it make you more functional and decrease the severity of other symptoms like headache and muscle pain, bodyache. You need to drink a lot of fluids. Just rest with doing nothing NOT enough.

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Answered 11/21/2016

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A member asked:

When should adults take paracetamol to lower a fever caused by flu? is it better to leave the fever alone if you are resting at home anyway? not preg

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Yelena Kipervas answered

Dr Hodge and another doctor agreed

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