[blparent] measuring meds in drops

[Elizabeth Cooks]

he pharmacy has them as well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] measuring meds in drops


> Ok, don't laugh, I got my syringe from a "feed store." They have the 
> perfect
> size droppers.  I just took it home and boiled it to make sure it was 
> clean.
> v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:22 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] measuring meds in drops
>
> Hello BArbara:
>
>     Perhaps you could use a syringe and have someone pull the plunger up
> the appropriate ammount and then cut a notch in the shaft. You also might
> contact the vendor of the medicine and ask for a more precise measurement.
> Ask for it to be converted to milliliters. I think syringes are calibrated
> to milliliters. A Vetinary supply store may be able to help you get a
> syringe. They can be prescribed as well. At one time, there were devices
> used by diabetics to measure insulin when syringes were used for 
> injecting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:02 PM
> Subject: [blparent] measuring meds in drops
>
>
>> Have any of you ever had to measure medicine in drops?  We're trying a 
>> new
>
>> natural substance to help one of the twins sleep and he only needs nine
>> drops.  Right now my sighted husband just puts them in the water and 
>> draws
>
>> it up in the syringe for us.  I can't think of any way that I could do
>> this myself because 9 to 10 drops is all he needs.  Any more may be
>> overmedicating.
>> Barbara
>>
>> A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something 
>> to
>
>> hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.
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