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Prophylactic paracetamol with childhood immunisation?

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Some doctors and nurses advise that infants should be given paracetamol at and after each of their primary immunisations as prophylaxis against febrile reactions. However, no advisory body has recommended such general prophylactic use of paracetamol. Is the advice justified?

https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.28.19.73

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