<s>[INST] HI Doctor, my child was having viral fever from past 6 days and he had severe cough too.His fever has come down, for cough we are giving ascoril expectorant and doctor has also given mahacort dz to be given twice a day, his cough is continuous..can i give him zifi 100 ready mix for his continuous cough? we have given this medicine last year end or in jan 2014 [/INST] Hello, Your child had fever and cough. The fever has come down, but the cough is persisting. Now WiFi is an antibiotic used for bacterial infections. If your kid had a bacterial infection his fever would not have decreased without using an antibiotic. His cough could be due to other reasons - wheezing, postnatal Chat Doctor.  Please have him evaluated by a pediatrician who will examine his throat and chest and then give appropriate medicines. Even in the future I will advise that you should not use antibiotics without a doctors prescription.  Hope that helps. Preeti </s>