Im not well, can someone tell me about alternating paracetamol and ipruprofen?

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The dc's and I are all ill with a cold/sore throat, dh is away. We're muddling through, I'm probably the worse one, luckily they are being brilliant.

I've obviously got a fever because I'm shivering even though I'm dressed, under the duvet on the sofa. When I take ibruprofen the fever goes and I feel a bit more human for the first couple of hours, but by hours three and four I feel terrible. Can I take paracetamol and ibruprofen alternating every two hours or is it still four? I don't have any paracetamol, but have calpol so could take that for myself.

Sorry, if this post isn't too clear it's taking all my effort to type.

The Nurofen brand have just launched a new pill called Nuromol

So it must be safe to take them together if they've started selling combined tablets.

Each tablet contains 500mg of paracetamol and 200mg of ibuprofen. They cost £4+ for a box of twelve tablets. My friend, who is a doctor, said save yourself some money and buy a box of cheap generic paracetamol and a box of cheap generic ibuprofen and take one tablet of each!

Am back to life now, my goodness it was bad. I phoned Nhs direct who said that I could alternate so long as I didn't exceed the maximum dosage. I would second what someone else said earlier about writing it all down as I was very I'll and started to get confused about who'd had what medication when. Luckily a friend came and helped out for a bit.

Please get the flu jab if you're eligible Im supposedly fit and healthy and it totally wiped me out for five days.