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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2006 May;91(5):414-6.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.087874. Epub 2006 Feb 7.

Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever

M D S Erlewyn-Lajeunesse  1 , K Coppens, L P Hunt, P J Chinnick, P Davies, I M Higginson, J R Benger
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Randomised controlled trial of combined paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever

M D S Erlewyn-Lajeunesse et al. Arch Dis Child. 2006 May.

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.

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