.doctor for covid positive my father is taking these medications should any changes be made 1.paracetamol 500- sos 2.limcee 500- 1 tab 3.zincovit- 1 tab 4.zinc tablets 5.azithromycin 500- 1 daily at night taken for 5 days now till ,till when should it be continued 6.allegra m- 1 daily at night taken for 1 day till now ,till when should it be continued 7.ivermectin 12 mg- for 5 days 8.fabiflu 400 -10 days 9.alex syrup ordered now as it is sugar free but now taking benadryl 10. Also taking daily captain xr500 telvas h ranitidine specially medicine number 5,6,7,8 are heavy doses till when should it be taken please clarify.

Dear lybrate-user I trust that your father is using all these medicines only on a doctors prescription. If not please talk to your doctor. Self medication is a very dangerous thing. Tab azithromycin, ivermectin and fabiflu all belong to the broad group of antibiotics and not to be used for more than 5 days unless specifically prescribed by a doctor for longer time. (they tend to damage the liver and kidneys). Tab limcee, zincovit, zinc tablets are all multivitamin tablets and should be enough for 1 week. Fresh fruit and vegetables are better than the multivitamins tablets and you must encourage your father to have them. Tab allegra is an anti allergy tablet and if you don't have any allergy symptoms it is of debatable use. If your father is having fever or body aches he will definitely benefit from paracetamol tablets. And you rightly said since your father is taking a lot of medication, he will need ranitidine or a similar medication to protect the stomach from damage. This can be taken for 2- 3 weeks even after stopping all other medication. Hope this clarifies things but my advice will still be to keep in touch with your doctor.  

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