Labels, Dosing Directions on Kids Meds Called Confusing

     A new study by American Medical Association, has shown that labels and instructions on over-the-counter medicine for kids is confusing which makes it hard for parents to give their chidern the right dose. More than half of adults make mictakes giving kids medicine. 

    Researchers checked 200 over-the-counter medications. About 1/4 of the medications did not have a mearsuring device. However the ones that did had a 99% of some kind of mismatch with the dosing directions on the bottle, and with the dose markings on the measuring device. For example the dosing directions state teaspoons, but the measuring device it doses only in millimeters.

    " It's very confusing and it makes it hard for parent to correctly dose the medicine for their childern," says study author Dr. H. Shonna Yin, " We think this is really an issue of patients safety and needs to be urgently addressed."

     In the meantime if you are confused about dosing call your docter.     

                  

For more information go to :http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/30/confusing-labels-dosing-devices-on-kids-meds-called-a-safety-issue/