Paracetamol or ibuprofen?
NICE 2007 and RCN 2008 have clearly highlighted that
a child with fever should only be treated if the child is
unwell or distressed and should not be used with the sole
purpose of achieving normothermia (Paul and Whibley,
2011). There is often a debate whether to use paracetamol,
ibuprofen, or both. A meta-analysis of research studies
comparing paracetamol with ibuprofen showed that
ibuprofen was marginally more effective at treating fever