A spoonful of sugar might help the medicine go down, but research suggests a spoon is a lousy way to measure out that medicine. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Food and Drug ...

An examination of 200 of the top-selling cough/cold, allergy, analgesic and gastrointestinal over-the-counter liquid medications for children finds that there have been high levels of variability and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past 5 years, several studies have been published describing how oral liquid drug dosing devices and ...

Background: Previous studies have found that teaspoons are commonly used to administer liquid medications to children. The capacity of household teaspoons ranges from 1.5 mL to 9 mL, potentially ...

November 30, 2010 — Dosing directions and measuring devices appear to be highly inconsistent for many common children's liquid medications, according to the results of a descriptive study reported ...

Dosing directions for kids' medicine is often tricky, leading to O.D.s. Dec. 1, 2010— -- Dosing directions for children's over-the-counter medication are misleading and hard for parents to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Devices generally available for measuring and administering liquid medications include teaspoons or tablespoons ...

If you're like many Americans and often use kitchen spoons to measure liquid cold medicines, it's likely you're over- or under-dosing, according to a January 5th study published in the Annals of ...

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After examining 200 of the top-selling cough/cold, allergy, pain relievers and gastrointestinal over-the-counter liquid medications for children, researchers found high levels of variability and ...