Apparently there are people who need the governement to help them figure out how much cold medication to give their child.
"Now the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is weighing in, with a new study published online today of 200 of the top-selling cough/cold, allergy, analgesic and gastrointestinal over-the-counter liquid medications for children that finds disturbing levels of inconsistency in medication labeling and measuring devices." Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/30/dosages-for-childrens-liquid-medications-confound-parents/#ixzz17Az5jlFf
Inconsistency in medication labeling and measuring devices. Well, a teaspoon is pretty much a teaspoon no matter how they label it, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Oh, yes, it may have ml's on it also. That would stand for milliliters, folks, and 5 equal one teaspoon.
"Despite new voluntary guidelines released in Nov. 2009 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for drug companies that make liquid medications — especially for children — the confusion persists." Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/30/dosages-for-childrens-liquid-medications-confound-parents/#ixzz17AzCh12f
Really?
You must have a license to drive a car.
You can't buy a pack of cigarettes until you are 18.
You can't purchase alcohol until you are 21.
You must have a license to get married.
But anyone can have a child. That's probably a whole different post, but it just AMAZES me that parents depend so much on labels and measuring cups that they need the flippin' FDA to get involved! Figure it out, people, it's not rocket science.
I mean seriously! If you can't figure out how to give your kid a teaspoon of medication without a little cup that only has a line for one teaspoon on it, maybe you shouldn't be in charge of a child's entire life. And I suck at math, so you can't use that for an excuse either.
Teaspoon is abbreviated tsp. This is NOT the same as Tablespoon, abbreviated Tbsp. Adult measuring cups for Nyquil and such don't HAVE teaspoon measurements, because the dosage is listed only in tablespoons.
I don't know, maybe I'm being too harsh. It just seems like there is so much more the government could and SHOULD be concerned about than things that should be common sense.
Maybe I'm just stoned from too much cold medicine!
From what I've read, the problem is that parents use spoons from their silverware drawer, not measuring spoons. A soup spoon is of course a completely inaccurate, unsafe way to measure medicine. I'm with you though. Some parents need to stop expecting the government to do everything for them.
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