Acetaminophen/Tylenol
Remember these important points:
- Please call our office for any child with fever over 100.4 for four or more consecutive days, even if the child has already been seen for the fever.
- When reporting a fever, please state exactly what the thermometer read and where the thermometer was placed; never add or subtract degrees.
- Never give any medicine, including fever medicine, to a baby younger than 3 months without calling our office first.
- The following doses may differ from other information that you have at home. The doses found below include our recommendations, which are both safe and effective.
| Weight | Infant or Children's Oral Suspension 160mg/5mL |
Chewable 80mg tablet |
Junior Strength Chewable 160mg tablets or capsules |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-10 lbs | 1.25mL | ||
| 11-17 lbs | 2.5mL | ||
| 18-23 lbs | 3.75mL | ||
| 24-29 lbs | 5mL | 2 tabs | 1 tab or cap |
| 30-35 lbs | 6.25mL | 2 1/2 tabs | 1 tab or cap |
| 36-40 lbs | 7.5mL | 3 tabs | 1 1/2 tabs or caps |
| 41-46 lbs | 8.75mL | 3 1/2 tabs | 1 1/2 tabs or caps |
| 47-52 lbs | 10mL | 4 tabs | 2 tabs or caps |
| 53-58 lbs | 11.25mL | 4 tabs | 2 tabs or caps |
| 59-64 lbs | 12.5mL | 2 1/2 tabs or caps | |
| 65-69 lbs | 13.75mL | 2 1/2 tabs or caps | |
| 70-76 lbs | 15mL | 3 tabs or caps | |
| 77-81 lbs | 16.25mL | 3 tabs or caps | |
| 82-87 lbs | 17.5mL | 3 1/2 tabs or caps | |
| 88-93 lbs | 18.75mL | 3 1/2 tabs or caps | |
| over 94 lbs | 20mL | 4 tabs or caps |
Do not exceed 5 doses in 24 hours INFANT AND CHILDREN'S CONCENTRATION
May Give Every 4 - 6 hours
May Give Every 4 - 6 hours
May Give Every 4 - 6 hours
* CAUTION: We recommend that you use the dropper or dosage cup that comes with your medicine to avoid overdosage. Dosage recommendations on bottles may vary from the recommendation on these pages. We would like you to use our recommended dosages unless your health care provider has given you a different (usually higher!) dosage. Aspirin should not be given to your child.
INFANT AND CHILDREN'S CONCENTRATION
(Suspension) 160mg/5mL
May Give Every 4 - 6 hours
- 5-10 lbs. - 1.25mL
- 11-17 lbs. - 2.5mL
- 18-23 lbs. - 3.75mL
- 24-29 lbs. - 5mL
- 30-35 lbs. - 6.25mL
- 36-40 lbs. - 7.5mL
- 41-46 lbs. - 8.75mL
- 47-52 lbs - 10mL
- 53-58 lbs - 11.25mL
- 59-64 lbs - 12.5mL
- 65-69 lbs - 13.75mL
- 70-76 lbs- 15mL
- 77-81 lbs - 16.25mL
- 82-87 lbs - 17.5mL
- 88-93 lbs - 18.75mL
- Over 94 lbs - 20mL
Chewable Junior 160 mg
May Give Every 4 - 6 hours
- 24-29 lbs. - 1 tab or cap
- 30-35 lbs. - 1 tab or cap
- 36-40 lbs. - 1 1/2 tabs or caps
- 41-46 lbs. - 1 1/2 tabs or caps
- 47-52 lbs - 2 tabs or caps
- 53-58 lbs - 2 tabs or cap
- 59-64 lbs - 2 1/2 tabs or caps
- 65-69 lbs - 2 1/2 tabs or caps
- 70-76 lbs- 3 tabs or caps
- 77-81 lbs - 3 tabs or caps
- 82-87 lbs - 3 1/2 tabs or caps
- 88-93 lbs - 3 1/2 tabs or caps
- Over 94 lbs - 4 tabs or caps
Chewable 80 mg tablets
May Give Every 4 - 6 hours
- 24-29 lbs. - 2 tabs
- 30-35 lbs. - 2 1/2 tabs
- 36-40 lbs. - 3 tabs
- 41-46 lbs. - 3 1/2 tabs
- 47-52 lbs - 4 tabs
- 53-58 lbs - 4 tabs
* CAUTION: We recommend that you use the dropper or dosage cup that comes with your medicine to avoid overdosage. Dosage recommendations on bottles may vary from the recommendation on these pages. We would like you to use our recommended dosages unless your health care provider has given you a different (usually higher!) dosage. Aspirin should not be given to your child.
