Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever.

Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M D S; Coppens, K; Hunt, L P; Chinnick, P J; Davies, P; Higginson, I M; Benger, J R · Arch Dis Child · 2006

rct · Level II

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Abstract

A randomised open label study of the combined use of paracetamol and ibuprofen to rapidly reduce fever is reported. The advantage of using both medications is less than half a degree centigrade in the first hour, and insufficient to warrant routine use.

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