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Baby cough syrup

Useful information on what to look for when you are buying cough syrup or medicine for your baby.


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There are very few cough syrups for babies under one year old. Baby cough syrups are generally for a non-productive cough i.e. a dry cough, not a chesty cough. Baby cough syrups contain glycerol which acts as a soother, it does not do much else, but because it is for baby it is the safest thing.

If your baby has a persistent cough for longer than a week or one that keeps returning you should take them to see their GP.

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please advice me if phenylephrine hydrochloride-5mg,chlorpheniramine maleate-2mg as cough syrup can be given to 4 month old baby?
added by guga [Mon 5th Jan 2009 @ 09:21:05]





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