Brand names: Tylenol, Equate, Triaminic, Pediacare.
Infants’ Acetaminophen Dosages | Oral Suspension – 160mg/5 mL | |
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Weight | Age | Dose (mL) |
6-11 lbs | 0-3 months | 1.25 mL |
12-17 lbs | 4-11 months | 2.5 mL |
18-23 lbs | 12-23 months | 3.75 mL |
24-35 lbs | 24-36 months | 5 mL |
Forms it’s sold in:
infants’ concentrated drops, children’s suspension, tablets and liquid-gels
Brand names: Advil, Motrin
Infant and Children’s Ibuprofen Dosages |
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Weight | Age |
Infants’ Concentrated Drops | Children’s Suspension | Tablets or Liqui-Gels |
n/a | Under 6 months |
Do Not Use |
Do Not Use |
Do Not Use |
12-17 lbs | 6-11 mos | 1.25 mL every 6-8 hours, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use Infant’s Concentrated Drops | Use Infant’s Concentrated Drops |
18-23 lbs | 12-23 mos | 1.875 mL every 6-8 hours, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use Infant’s Concentrated Drops | Use Infant’s Concentrated Drops |
24-35 lbs | 2-3 yrs | Use childrens’s suspension | 1 tsp every 6-8 hrs, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use childrens’s suspension |
36-47 lbs | 4-5 yrs | Use childrens’s suspension | 1 1/2 tsp every 6-8 hrs, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use childrens’s suspension |
48-59 lbs | 6-8 yrs | Use childrens’s suspension | 2 tsp every 6-8 hrs, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use childrens’s suspension |
60-71 lbs | 9-10 yrs | Use childrens’s suspension | 2 1/2 tsp every 6-8 hrs, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use childrens’s suspension |
72-95 lbs | 11 yrs | Use childrens’s suspension | 3 tsp every 6-8 hrs, do not exceed 4 doses in 24 hours |
Use childrens’s suspension |
n/a | 12+ yrs | Use tablets or liquid-gels | Use tablets or liquid-gels | 1 or 2 tablets every 4-6 hours, do not exceed 6 tablets in 24 hours |