Medicine question!! Please help! **Figured it out! thanks ladies!**
So my DD's pedi changed her dosage of baby zantac to 0.3 ml 3x's a day. I can not figure out for the life of me how much to give her in the syringe! here is a pic sorry its' blurry, but it is a standard medicine syringe with tsp. on one side and ml on the other side. I googled how many tsp. it is but all it gave me was 0.060865240863.if you know please help! i suck at math! thanks! :)
*thanks ladies! I got it figured out!!
The tsp would be 1.0, so the 0.3 would be up to the 3 (mL). I'm pretty sure that's right.
I don't see a pic... But they should have given you a special syringe at the pharmacy that is meant for measuring doses smaller than a teaspoon. I would go back and ask for one if they didn't.
theres no pic.... how old is the baby? i think 3ml is too much!
Quoting jillbailey26:The tsp would be 1.0, so the 0.3 would be up to the 3 (mL). I'm pretty sure that's right.
Please don't give your baby a dosage based on what someone says here. You'll most likely get different amounts. Wait until tomorrow and call the Dr.
I don't think this is right. I think 1 tsp is 5 mLs.
Quoting jillbailey26:
The tsp would be 1.0, so the 0.3 would be up to the 3 (mL). I'm pretty sure that's right.
I would call, but all of the pharmacies in town are closed now, and she needs it tonight. i don't know what to do. Her daddy was giving it to her, so I never thought to ask him, and now he is on a fire call. :(
Quoting 3js427:
i would not listen to any one other than the pharmicist on an issue like this.. dont wanna overdose ur bby... call any pharmacy, they can help u
here got this from google....
"give him/her a little under half the 1 ml line"
you need a different syringe or measuring device. you can not use the tsp measurement at all because it is waaaaaay too much. go to the store and get some little tummy's gas relief drops. the dropper for that has 0.3 ml mark.
0.3 is not the same as 3.0 ml. it is not the same as 1.0 ml. it is not half of 1.0 ml.
hehehe Sorry! forgot to add pic! sorry it's blurry. I couldn't get a good pic
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