Nurofen orange-flavored syrup for children 3 months+, 100 mg/5 ml, 100 ml

Indications:
Nurofen for children oral suspension, 3 months+ is administered once every 8 hours, to relieve fever and pain in children and babies aged 3 months and older. Nurofen for children's suspensions with ibuprofen have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties.
- Relieves fever and pain in children
- Has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties that reduce fever and pain in children
- Comes with a graduated syringe, easy to handle, which facilitates the administration of the medicine
- Orange and strawberry flavor
- Does not contain sugar and dyes
- Is released without a medical prescription

Contraindications:
Do not administer this medicine to children who:
- are allergic to ibuprofen or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

Precautions:
Before using Nurofen for children oral suspension, 3 months+, consult your doctor or pharmacist.

Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility:
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Pregnancy:
Do not use Nurofen for children in the last trimester of pregnancy (extremely rare in children under 12 years of age).
Breast-feeding:
Only small amounts of ibuprofen and its breakdown products pass into breast milk, but Nurofen for children can be used during breast-feeding if taken in recommended doses and for the shortest possible period.
Fertility:
Avoid using this medicine if you are trying to get pregnant.

Driving and using machines:
This medicine has no effect on the ability to drive or use machines.

How to take it:
Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Pain or fever:
The recommended daily dose of Nurofen for children is 20-30 mg ibuprofen/kg orally, given in divided doses every 6-8 hours. The recommended dose should not be exceeded. Depending on the age of the child, the following doses are administered, using the graduated syringe:

Age/Body weight (kg)
Recommended dosage:
Infants aged 3-12 months weighing more than 5 kg 5-9 50 mg (2.5 ml) up to 3 times in 24 hours
Children aged 1-3 years 10-16 100 mg (5 ml) up to 3 times in 24 hours
Children aged 4-6 years 17-20 150 mg (7.5 ml) up to 3 times in 24 hours
Children aged 7-9 years 21-30 200 mg (10 ml) up to 3 times in 24 hours
Children aged 10-12 years 31-40 300 mg (15 ml) up to 3 times in 24 hours
Nurofen for children should not be given to children weighing less than 5 kg.

Treatment of post-vaccination fever:
The recommended dose is 50 mg ibuprofen (2.5 ml Nurofen for children oral suspension) followed, if necessary, by another dose of 50 mg ibuprofen (2.5 ml Nurofen for children oral suspension), at 6-hour intervals. No more than 5 ml Nurofen for children oral suspension (100 mg ibuprofen) should be given in any 24-hour interval.

If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Composition:
- The active substance is ibuprofen. Each millilitre of oral suspension contains 20 mg ibuprofen. 5 ml of oral suspension contains 100 mg ibuprofen.
- The other ingredients are polysorbate 80, glycerin, liquid maltitol (E 965), sodium saccharin, citric acid monohydrate, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, sodium chloride, strawberry flavor, domiphene bromide, purified water.

Presentation:
100 ml

Warning:
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.

Nurofen orange-flavored syrup for children 3 months+ 100 mg/5 ml 100 ml Reckitt Benckiser (Ibuprofen 100 mg/5 ml, oral suspension) is part of the drug group: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), contains the active substance: ibuprofen and can be used based on a doctor's recommendation in medical conditions such as: flu, influenza type b, influenza in children, bronchiolitis, herpangina, cold, cold in children, sinusitis, influenza type a and has indications in: pain.
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