Dose calculator · Paracetamol (acetaminophen)

Panado Paediatric dose calculator by weight

Every weight from 5 to 40 kg, in milligrams and in millilitres according to the strength of your bottle. Fixed table from the AEPap dosing guide — no AI. Always check the strength printed on your own bottle: it changes by country and by presentation.

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Panado Paediatric 24 mg/ml or Panadol Children 100 mg/ml: not the same thing

Not every bottle of paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the same. Panado Paediatric has 24 mg/ml; Panadol Children, sold in the same country, has 100 mg/ml. With the same millilitres, one gives 4.2 times the dose of the other.

For a 10 kg child (150 mg):

Panado Paediatric 24 mg/ml (syrup 120 mg/5 ml)6.2 ml
Panadol Children 100 mg/ml (baby drops 100 mg/ml)1.5 ml

⚠️ Before measuring, look at how many mg per ml the box says. It is the most common way to get a dose wrong at home.

Every 4–6 hours, and never more doses in 24 hours than the last column says.

Weight	Dose	syrup 120 mg/5 ml	Max. / 24 h
5 kg	75 mg	3.1 ml	4
6 kg	90 mg	3.7 ml	4
7 kg	105 mg	4.3 ml	4
8 kg	120 mg	5 ml	4
9 kg	135 mg	5.6 ml	4
10 kg	150 mg	6.2 ml	4
11 kg	165 mg	6.8 ml	4
12 kg	180 mg	7.5 ml	4
13 kg	195 mg	8.1 ml	4
14 kg	210 mg	8.7 ml	4
15 kg	225 mg	9.3 ml	4
16 kg	240 mg	10 ml	4
17 kg	255 mg	10.6 ml	4
18 kg	270 mg	11.2 ml	4
19 kg	285 mg	11.8 ml	4
20 kg	300 mg	12.5 ml	4
21 kg	315 mg	13.1 ml	4
22 kg	330 mg	13.7 ml	4
23 kg	345 mg	14.3 ml	4
24 kg	360 mg	15 ml	4
25 kg	375 mg	15.6 ml	4
26 kg	390 mg	16.2 ml	4
27 kg	405 mg	16.8 ml	4
28 kg	420 mg	17.5 ml	4
29 kg	435 mg	18.1 ml	4
30 kg	450 mg	18.7 ml	4
31 kg	465 mg	19.3 ml	4
32 kg	480 mg	20 ml	4
33 kg	495 mg	20.6 ml	4
34 kg	510 mg	21.2 ml	4
35 kg	525 mg	21.8 ml	4
36 kg	540 mg	22.5 ml	4
37 kg	555 mg	23.1 ml	4
38 kg	570 mg	23.7 ml	4
39 kg	585 mg	24.3 ml	4
40 kg	600 mg	25 ml	4

⚠️ The grey rows are below the minimum weight for Paracetamol (acetaminophen): do not give it without medical advice. Under 3 months, no medicine without a prescription.

The guide publishes a band of 10–15 mg/kg per dose. This table uses 15 mg/kg: it is the dose the published daily maximum is built from, and the one the manufacturers' leaflets give. A lower dose within the band is also correct.

Under 3 months, only if a doctor has told you to. Do not combine with other products that also contain paracetamol (cold remedies).

AEPap — Guía rápida de dosificación práctica en pediatría (3.ª ed.), tabla analgésicos/antitérmicos.

What parents ask about Panado Paediatric

How much Panado Paediatric for a child of 10, 15 or 20 kg?

The dose goes by weight, never by age alone. For Panado Paediatric:

10 kg 150 mgsyrup 120 mg/5 ml: 6.2 ml
15 kg 225 mgsyrup 120 mg/5 ml: 9.3 ml
20 kg 300 mgsyrup 120 mg/5 ml: 12.5 ml

How often, and how many times a day?

Every 4–6 hours. For a child of 15 kg that is at most 4 doses in 24 hours.

What if I don't know what the child weighs?

Age is not enough: two children of the same age can be several kilos apart, and this dose is calculated per kilo. Weigh the child, or ask at the pharmacy. PediBot will not give a figure from age alone.

From what age can Panado Paediatric be given?

Under 3 months, only if a doctor has told you to. Do not combine with other products that also contain paracetamol (cold remedies).

The same medicine under other names

In South Africa, this is also sold as Calpol and Panadol Children. Different box, same molecule and the same dose per kilo — what changes is the strength printed on the bottle, so always read it.

In Namibia, this is also sold as Panadol Children. Different box, same molecule and the same dose per kilo — what changes is the strength printed on the bottle, so always read it.

In Botswana, this is also sold as Panadol Children. Different box, same molecule and the same dose per kilo — what changes is the strength printed on the bottle, so always read it.

Sold in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, and Lesotho.

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