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Ibuprofen 200 mg + Paracetamol 325 mg

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How much of this product to take

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.

Ask a doctor. This product cannot give that dose. It would take part of a tablet, and this one is not recorded as safe to split — ask a pharmacist for a strength that divides, or a syrup. (Paracetamol)

1,000 mg is the dose. One tablet holds 325 mg.

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.

Where that comes from
Ibuprofen · adults

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

Source: dailymed · SPL 141b7964-cce6-74e4-e063-6294a90af746 Not yet reviewed
Ibuprofen · children

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

Source: dailymed · SPL 141b7964-cce6-74e4-e063-6294a90af746 Not yet reviewed
Paracetamol · adults

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

Source: dailymed · SPL 0f67c1bd-915b-4681-88dd-22f5154a80b3 Not yet reviewed
Paracetamol · children

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

Source: dailymed · SPL 0f67c1bd-915b-4681-88dd-22f5154a80b3 Not yet reviewed

Shown for guidance only. Always follow your prescription.