Comments on: Dosing OTC Pediatric Meds http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2007/11/709 Every journey has a pitstop. Welcome to mine. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Awesome Mom http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2007/11/709/comment-page-1#comment-73488 Awesome Mom Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:59:08 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2007/11/709#comment-73488 Name brand Tylenol in the US for infants has a stupid dropper too. They do make the adding easier for bigger kids by telling those that can't add to use two .8 doses to get the correct dose. I was never a fan of the dropper or cups. I discarded them in favor for syringes that I saved from my eldest son's various hospitalizations. I also have my own copy of the Dosing Handbook for Children so if I have a question I can look it up. I prefer to be accurate when I am giving meds, even OTC ones. Not that we actually use much beyond Benedryl and Tylenol. I was never impressed by the cough and cold stuff. I think part of the issue with the possibility of overdosing is that when you have a combination product you might not realize that it already has Tylenol (for example) in it and add on an extra dose to what you are already giving to your child. Not that something like that is likely to happen to me since I am very obsessive about reading labels. Name brand Tylenol in the US for infants has a stupid dropper too. They do make the adding easier for bigger kids by telling those that can’t add to use two .8 doses to get the correct dose. I was never a fan of the dropper or cups. I discarded them in favor for syringes that I saved from my eldest son’s various hospitalizations. I also have my own copy of the Dosing Handbook for Children so if I have a question I can look it up. I prefer to be accurate when I am giving meds, even OTC ones. Not that we actually use much beyond Benedryl and Tylenol. I was never impressed by the cough and cold stuff.

I think part of the issue with the possibility of overdosing is that when you have a combination product you might not realize that it already has Tylenol (for example) in it and add on an extra dose to what you are already giving to your child. Not that something like that is likely to happen to me since I am very obsessive about reading labels.

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