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Why taking fever-reducing meds and drinking fluids may not be the best way to treat flu and fever
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Why taking fever-reducing meds and drinking fluids may not be the best way to treat flu and fever

by Tamara Hew-Butler, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As flu season progresses, so does the chorus of advice, professional and otherwise, to drink plenty of fluids and take fever-reducing medications, like acetaminophen, ibuprofen or aspirin. These recommendations, well-intentioned and firmly entrenched, offer comfort to those sidelined with fever, flu or vaccine side effects. But you may...