Any nurses, drs or pharmacists on here please? Long story short my 4 year old has been prescribed this for tonsillitis but it says to give every 6 hours. Which is only 3 doses throughout the day as he is only awake for 12 hours. Isn’t it normally 4 times a day? I would call 111 but it took me an hour to get through as it’s bank holiday and he only got the prescription earlier today. Thank you in advance
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My little girl got prescribed this Friday and 4 x times a day 5mls

She’s also 4.5 years old
Are you leaving 4 hours between doses? I used to take it when I was younger and I always remember it being 4 x a day. Leaving 6 hours is impossible unless you wake them up xx

4 hourly is best. i would do say 7am 12, 4pm then 8pm spread out threw the day