Treatment of pediatric fever: Are acetaminophen and ibuprofen equivalent?

Can Fam Physician. 2010 Aug;56(8):773.

Authors

G Michael Allan¹, Noah Ivers, Yvonne Shevchuk

Affiliation

¹ Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

PMID: 20705883
PMCID: PMC2920778

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acetaminophen / pharmacokinetics
Acetaminophen / therapeutic use*
Antipyretics / pharmacokinetics
Antipyretics / therapeutic use*
Child
Child, Preschool
Family Practice
Fever / drug therapy*
Fever / metabolism
Humans
Ibuprofen / pharmacokinetics
Ibuprofen / therapeutic use*
Infant
Therapeutic Equivalency

Substances

Antipyretics
Acetaminophen
Ibuprofen