What's wrong with this script

[Asterix]

Tablets Paracetamol 500mg
2 tds
(20)

girl - 11 yrs old

I don't get what's wrong with it, the max does for someone who is that old is 4g. If 2 were taken 3 times a day then thats 6*500mg = 3g?

[lamzee]

under 12s usually get liquid?

[Asterix]

Originally Posted by lamzee

under 12s usually get liquid?

hmm fair enough but why not tablets. Is it an overdose though?

[lamzee]

I would ask if the child was as big as an average 12 year old , and if so, allow it to be dispensed

[Asterix]

Originally Posted by lamzee

I would ask if the child was as big as an average 12 year old , and if so, allow it to be dispensed

but there is no overdose

[lamzee]

Originally Posted by giggsy

but there is no overdose

It's higher than on the back of a bottle of calpol 6+

[Fleegle]

Don't quite follow..do you know, or have a reason to think there's something wrong with it? I suppose there could be a body-weight issue..is she an amputee? Off the wall maybe, but I came across an adult patient with no legs who weighed 6 stone...

[Raoul]

Originally Posted by giggsy

Tablets Paracetamol 500mg
2 tds
(20)

girl - 11 yrs old

I don't get what's wrong with it, the max does for someone who is that old is 4g. If 2 were taken 3 times a day then thats 6*500mg = 3g?

i do not see any problem with the script! would dispense and double check if the patient is able to take tablets..... well the prescriber should double check if he is happy with tablets or liquid form.

[Asterix]

I think my thread title is a bit misleading. I am practising with this script and I found nothing wrong with the dose but laura(also on this forum) said there could be a possible overdose? and I should question the formulation but I don't see any problem with the dose and even tablet form is fine.

[Raoul]

Originally Posted by giggsy

I think my thread title is a bit misleading. I am practising with this script and I found nothing wrong with the dose but laura(also on this forum) said there could be a possible overdose? and I should question the formulation but I don't see any problem with the dose and even tablet form is fine.

maybe you are missing some legal requirement of Rx i.e signature of prescriber, future dated/out of date script? prescriber address? patient surname missing? dose not matching her PMR? is she on other paracetamol containing products?