cetafen 200/500mg 30 tabs
Ibuprofen 200 mg + Paracetamol 500 mg
The amount below is the adult regimen for this product, in whole tablets or capsules, worked out from every sourced rule on file at once and naming the ingredient that decided it.
A dose by weight needs a form it can be measured out of — a syrup, a suspension, oral drops or an injection. This one is taken in whole units, so the adult regimen is what is shown.
- Each dose
- 2 tablets
- How often
- every 6 hours
- In 24 hours, no more than
- 3,200 mg
- Ibuprofen 400 mg · within its limits
- Paracetamol 1,000 mg · within its limits
The amount is set by Paracetamol. Worked out against the adult rules.
This does not decide whether the medicine is right, or for how long. That is the prescription. What it does is turn the dose you were given into an amount of this product.
400 mg to 800 mg three or four times a day. Not more than 3.2 g in 24 hours. — three or four times a day
5 mg/kg for a mild fever and 10 mg/kg for a higher one, or 10 mg/kg for pain, every 6 to 8 hours. Not more than 40 mg/kg in 24 hours. — every 6 to 8 hours
1 g every 6 hours, or 650 mg every 4 hours instead. Never more than 4 g in 24 hours, counting every paracetamol-containing product taken by any route. — every 6 hours
15 mg/kg every 6 hours, up to 75 mg/kg in 24 hours. The label also allows 12.5 mg/kg every 4 hours instead; it does not allow the larger dose at the shorter interval. — every 6 hours
Shown for guidance only. Always follow your prescription.