Pediatric Chai Gui Fever Reducing Granules and Ibuprofen Granules need to be separated from how long to take there is no clear regulation, clinically it is recommended that the interval of 1 hour, should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
Pediatric Chai Gui Fever Relieving Granules is a Chinese patent medicine, which is composed of Chai Hu, Fuchsia, Scutellariae, Gui Zhi, Puerariae, Paeoniae Alba, and Cicada Shell. It has the efficacy of clearing away internal heat, sweating and relieving surface. It is used for children with external fever. It manifests as fever, runny nose, thirst, red throat, headache, yellow urine and dry stool.
Adverse reactions of Pediatric Chai Gui Antipyretic Granules include diarrhea, vomiting, rash, itching and so on. The contraindications of this drug are not clear, note that it is not advisable to take nourishing Chinese medicine at the same time during the period of taking the drug.
Ibuprofen Granules belongs to the western medicine, used for the relief of mild to moderate pain such as headache, arthralgia, migraine, toothache, muscular pain, neuralgia, menstrual cramps; also used for fever caused by the common cold or influenza.
Adverse reactions to Ibuprofen include stomach upset, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, rash, itching, and facial edema. It is contraindicated in patients with peptic ulcer, severe blood abnormalities, liver disease, kidney disease, cardiac insufficiency, hypertension, patients using zidovudine.
Pediatric Chai Gui Antipyretic Granules and Ibuprofen drug inserts do not explicitly state that drug interactions can occur between the two, and there is no clear indication that they need to be taken at intervals. However, both drugs can be used for fever, different types of drugs, pediatric Chai Gui antipyretic granules mechanism of action is not yet clear, clinical generally recommended that the two drugs are taken at an interval of 1 hour.