Scientific study
warns of use spoons house in the
drug
Warned a recent U.S. study issued by the Faculty of Medicine at Tufts University in Boston, in addition to the Henry Dunant, Greece University of the risks of using teaspoons and food to measure doses of drugs that are given to children as a result of the inadequacy of these tools in determining the doses of medicines.
The study authors discovered that the spoons Sizes vary significantly, although sometimes seemed similar, or at least close.
Capacity ranged teaspoons between 0.08 and 0.25 of condoms, spoons table between 0.23 and 0.45 of condoms.
According to the study, if we assume the use of the largest table spoon, this means that the mother may give the child 192% more than when using the smallest teaspoon, it means that the child may have less or much more than it needs the medication.
The researchers say that the use of tea spoons and table in the giving or taking medication is common for a long time, and this is probably due to it the most user-friendly, it is also less expensive and available in every home.
However, the study confirmed that «This is a serious mistake, because the increase or decrease the dose involves many risks.
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