Medicines given incorrectly by parents and carers is the most common reason for accidental poisonings in Australian children under 12 months.
Accurately measuring and administering medicines to children helps avoid accidental overdosing or under dosing.
Some top tips for being medicinewise with children:
Read the label
Read labels and packaging each time you are buying a medicine and before giving a medicine to a child. Children’s medicines come in different forms and strengths for different ages. Make sure you know the strength of the medicine when measuring a child’s dose, so you don’t over or under dose them.
Know the active ingredient
The active ingredient is the chemical that makes the medicine work. Common active ingredients like paracetamol can be found in a range of medicines either on their own or in a combination formula. So, don’t risk… Read the rest