Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever

Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, Michel; Chinnick, P.J; Coppens, K.; Higginson, I.M; Hunt, L. P.; Benger, Jonathan; Davies, P.

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.

Citation

Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., Coppens, K., Hunt, L. P., Chinnick, P., Davies, P., Higginson, I., & Benger, J. (2006). Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 91(5), 414-416. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.087874

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: Jan 21, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 5, 2016
• Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
• Print ISSN: 0003-9888
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2044
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 414-416
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.087874
• Keywords: randomised controlled trial, paracetamol, ibuprofen, fever
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1040062
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.087874