[blparent] measuring liquid meds for baby

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

The problem with this method is that some medicines dillute when mixed with water. Also, your child may not drink the whole bottle and you have no way to know how much medicine they have. 
Agree with Amanda re asking the pharmacy to prefill the medicine. You don't need to beg, just say "I need you to do.. and explain what you need. They aren't doing you a favor, they are making it so you can use the medicine which is their sole purpose in life. 



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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Winkler
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 2:27 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] measuring liquid meds for baby

One way is to first talk to your child's doctor and explain your visual 
impairment and see if the medication can be given in crushable pablets that 
you could mix with water.  This may not work because the dosage is based on 
the child's weight.  If this is so try to get a medication in liquid form 
with the least amount of times the medication needs to be given.  Then go to 
your pharmacy, be real nice and explain to them your situation and ask if it 
would be posible if the medication could be portioned out into individual 
dosages.  You then can take that dosage and add a small amount of water like 
1 or 2 ounces (no need to be exact) it just needs to ve an amount that he 
will drink in a single sitting and put into a bottle.  I did this a few 
months ago for my daughter's ear infection and everyone was very helpful in 
getting this done.  I got a liquid medication that was one doce a day for 5 
days and the pharmicy put each dose into small bottles and all I had to do 
was to add some water and gave it to her in her bottle which she sucked down 
with no problem.  Just remember that there can be multiple medications with 
different dosage rates (1-4 times a day for certain number of days) that do 
the same thing so make sure that you are absolutly sure that you get the 
best medication for your situation before you leave the doctor's office.  I 
have used both the syringe method and this one and both are great.

Amanda

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From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 8:01 PM
To: "NFB blind parent listserv" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] measuring liquid meds for baby

> Hello list,
>
>
>
> My poor little guy recently got his first ear infection.  I feel so bad 
> for
> him because that is so painful and the terrible stuffy nose and teething 
> on
> top of it all just adds insult to injury.  I just wanted to know what 
> tricks
> you all might have for measuring the liquid meds just right.  I'd like to
> use a syringe since it's easiest for giving to baby because I know if I 
> even
> attempted it with a spoon the meds would be lost and on the floor.  Before
> my husband leaves for work he's able to premeasure what I need into a 
> small
> container that I can then suck up later with a syringe and give to my son,
> but do you all know of a resource where I can get syringes in all the
> different sizes so I don't need to do anything other than label the 
> syringes
> themselves and fill them up when needed?  I haven't done much hunting yet,
> but thought I'd throw a line out to the list before I got too deep into
> researching.
>
>
>
> Thanks, and have a great weekend.
>
>
>
> Erin
>
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