study cases healthy : Reason Do not Drink Drugs with Common Spoon

studiz - study cases healthy : Reason Do not Drink Drugs with Common Spoon

During this medication in syrup form for children or adults, are often given by using a teaspoon or a small spoon. This risk turned out to cause an overdose of drugs in children.

According to the research team from the Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences in Athens, Greece, have a teaspoon of various sizes from 2.5 ml to 7.5 ml. If you give the drug with a teaspoon or tablespoon measure others, it means the kids can take the drug at a dose not accurate. Therefore, it is advisable to use a special spoon with instructions to provide a measure of the drug.

Parents also should also be consulted about the drug packaging to ensure children are given the appropriate dose according to their age. The team examined 49 teaspoons collected from 25 households.

The study found parents using one of the largest tea spoon for a child, will provide 192 percent more drugs than those who use the smallest teaspoon. A few tablespoons in size two times larger than the other.

Research published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice, reveals, there is not only the risk of overdose, but some children may be given medicines in dosisi too little. As a result, the illness can not get well.

"Spoon tablespoons of tea and not the right tools to measure the dose of the drug. Both in the near future will not be recommended again," said one researcher, Professor Matthew Falagas, as quoted from the Daily Mail.

"We found many variations of the size of the spoon in the house stairs. Dosage and drug administration untuk children-children differently from adults. The doctors adjust to the age of the child perlu dan berat badan. This makes a child-child memang dianggap lebih daripada vulnerable terhadap dosis kesalahan people adult, "he added.