Q. My son does not take any medicines due to taste issues. What should I do?
Hello doctor,
My 2 and a half year old son had a head injury yesterday which resulted in bleeding and he ended up with five stitches. The bleeding was about 40 to 50 ml. Our local doctor prescribed an Augmentin syrup and an Ibuprofen syrup. But, due to taste issues, he is not taking any medicine, even when mixed with milk or juice. Can you please recommend any other medicine with a better or preferably no taste? Also, please recommend some iron supplement for my baby.
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- You can apply a local antibiotic ointment such as T-Bact cream (Mupirocin topical) twice a day for five days and Placentrex (Placenta extracts) cream twice a day for a week. If the wound is not too deep and dirty, a local antibiotic cream alone will suffice. There is no need for oral antibiotics.
- You can try giving oral medicines with honey.
- Regarding the iron supplement, you can give syrup Irex or Orofer XT 2.5 ml twice a day.
- Try to prevent water from coming in contact with the wound.
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