What are the most effective fever reducing medicine/techniques?!
Question: My husband has had a fever of about 102 for the last two days accompanied with upset stomach (not bad enough for food poisoning). But it seems like a stomach virus...
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good medicine that works well reducing fever and aches and pains? Dayquil and advil don't seem to be effective.
Answers: My husband has had a fever of about 102 for the last two days accompanied with upset stomach (not bad enough for food poisoning). But it seems like a stomach virus...
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good medicine that works well reducing fever and aches and pains? Dayquil and advil don't seem to be effective.
Whether to treat fever due to infection is controversial. Experimental evidence, but not clinical studies, suggests that fever enhances host defenses. Patients at particular risk for whom treatment of fever is indicated include children with previous febrile seizures, adults with cardiac or pulmonary insufficiency, and those with dementia. Drugs that inhibit brain cyclooxygenase are effective in reducing fever; those used most often are acetaminophen, aspirin, and other NSAIDs.
Any over the counter product with acetaminophen (Tylenol, Motrin)- this is a fever reducer.