Is Omnicortil Steroid too strong for a 1.4 month baby?
Patient: I'm mother of 1.4 months old boy. He has got severe cough, it echoes when he coughs.So doctor had prescribed Omnicortil Steroid. Was this strong medicine required to be given for a little kid? This caused him shivering. Please guide me on what medication to be given and care to be taken during such instances. Doctor: Hi...as you have rightly pointed out Omnacortil is a steroid (Prednisolone). This is not a routinely indicated drug in a nay group as such. For a 1.4 months old baby there should be good reason to give oral steroids like this. Unless the kid is severely breathless requiring hospitalization, then for emergency sake it might be give. But I would not just give it for cough, even though severe as cough is basically a protective reflex and need not be treated as such. Rather we need to ascertain the cause for cough.Regards - Dr. Sumanth