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What Medication is administered to prevent or reduce fever?
Acetaminophen
Why might taking aspirin to reduce fever slow rather than hasten your recovery from a bacterial infection?
It is the body's immune response to raise body temperature in order to fight the infection and by reducing the fever, the aspirin inhibits part of the body's immunological response. +The latest discoveries show that taking aspirin may help reduce the risk of potentially deadly bacterial infections.
Is there oral medication for fever blisters?
Yes there is, you can talk to your doctor about antiviral medication. If the creams don't work for you then you can try taking the medicin.
If you are on coumadin and get a fever and since both coumadin and aspirin are blood thinners what medication can you take to reduce the fever?
An infusion of willow leaves and bark to relieve aches, pains, inflammation and fever
What should you do if you have a fever of 103.7?
You should take something to reduce the fever. Aspirin is good, but be careful when taking Tylenol. The other thing is to reduce the fever with a tepid bath. If it goes any higher, consider going to an emergency room.
What is an antipyrectic?
An antipyretic is a type of medication that will prevent or reduce fever by lowering body temperature from a raised state.
Does Advil reduce fever?
Yes, NSAIDs can reduce fever, to varying degrees.
Is acetaminophen kosher?
Yes, it is a medication used to reduce pain and fever. Since it is not a food, and its benefit is not in flavor or nutrition its use is governed by other rules. It is kosher.
Does Benadryl reduce fever in a baby?
Benadryl for chicken pox relief and will it reduce fever as well?
How do you reduce a fever without medication?
Plenty of fluids by mouth and a tepid, not cold, bath. However, a fever above 102 to 103 needs to be monitored closely, especially in a child, since fevers can cause febrile seizures in children.
Why taking a drug that reduces fever might delay rather than speed up your recovery from an infection?
Because taking a drug or a painkiller will remove the pain but will not remove the virus in your body which will make it hard to fight the virus .It is thought that fever is a natural process that helps the body fight off the infection.
Has backpain associated with fever and dry coughno pain and fever by taking pain killerswhat can this be?
If the pain medication has acetaminophen (Vicodin for example) or ibuprofen (Vicoprofen), then that would be helping the fever as well as the back pain. Hydrocodone is also an antitussive and can help cough. It could be a kidney infection.
