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my baby boy is 2 years 3 months old... he has constipation and we regularly use quiklaxlaxative(milk of magnesia ).. now that he has fever and doc has prescribed amoxycilln with potassium clavulanate antibiotic... my question is can we use laxative while giving antibiotics to the baby
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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy1 Year agoA. yes can continue both medicine.
Your child is having constipation for which kindly give plenty of water to drink and fibre diet made from cereals pulses vegetables and fruits.
Changes in diet has to be made
Specially give papaya, banana, oats, fennel seeds water pear, prune, pineapple, resins, plum as it will help in decreasing constipation.
Even after that the problem continues kindly meet your doctor for constipation medicine.
it is important for you to know that the problem of constipation will improve with increasing age of the child.
You may increase or decrease the dosage of constipation medicine if needed according to the consistency of the stool.
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NikithaMom of a 10 yr 9 m old boy1 Year agoA. hello usually it can be used but it would depend on the illness the child is facing so it would be better to once check with your doctor before you could continue and she will be able to guide you accordingly which would be better and also safe
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Q. can milk of magnesia be given to 2 yr old baby having constipation. Dr has prescribed. is it safe
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