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Gave a low dose of antibiotics by mistake

tscourge · 2011-11-06 23:14:28

Hey, We're feeling rather stupid and a bit concerned: We used the wrong syringe to give our baby antibiotics (orally) and ended up giving him 1/10 of the recommended dose several times during the weekend (D'oh!). Would it make sense to start giving him the dose he was supposed to get like nothing happened or would it be a…

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07-11-2011 12:14am

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tscourge

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Hey,

We're feeling rather stupid and a bit concerned:
We used the wrong syringe to give our baby antibiotics (orally) and ended up giving him 1/10 of the recommended dose several times during the weekend (D'oh!).

Would it make sense to start giving him the dose he was supposed to get like nothing happened or would it be a good idea to call up our GP?

Thanks,
Tom

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#2 07-11-2011 2:03am
Orion

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Talk to your GP. No medical advice can be given on this forum. Thread closed.

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