pentacold syrup 120 ml
Chlorpheneramine 0 + Dextromethorphan 0.1 gm + Paracetamol 3.2 gm + Phenylephrine 0.05 gm
This box holds more than one substance. The amount below is what every rule on file allows at once, in whole tablets or capsules, and it names the ingredient that decided it.
optional, but it lets the checks below apply
- Each dose
- 31.25 ml
- How often
- every 6 hours
- In 24 hours, no more than
- 4,000 mg
- Chlorpheneramine · no sourced rule on file
- Dextromethorphan 0.03 gm · no sourced rule on file
- Paracetamol 1 gm · within its limits
- Phenylephrine 0.02 gm · no sourced rule on file
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.
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.