Articles / Paracetamol vs ibuprofen for young children

So you are presented with a one year old who has a fever. What do you recommend? Paracetamol? Ibuprofen?
It’s very much a GP question and to date there has been somewhat conflicting evidence, for the under two years age group at least, as to which is medication is better in terms of fever control, pain relief and safety.

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