Pharmacological or Drug Therapy for neonatal jaundice.

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Pharmacological or Drug Therapy for neonatal jaundice.

•Antibiotics if septicemia present.
•Adequate feeding.
•Prevent Rh-isoimmunization in the mother by giving Rh0(D) immune globulin(Rhogam) injection within 2 hours of Rh-positive infants.

•Phenobarbitone
•Metallo porphyrins
•A 500mg/kg dose of i.v immunoglobulin given to the infant as soon as the diagnosis is established.