New Paracetamol Suspension Doses for Infants & Children

[DispenserJosh]

Thoughts?

Press releases : MHRA

[LeftArm]

At first glance you would think 7.5ml is a horrible dose for parents to calculate but as every pack has to contain a measuring device I guess its not that hard.
Better than expecting parents to decide between one dose and another where one is double the other, if you get my drift.

[DispenserJosh]

Yeah, now that there are more age brackets it makes it a lot clearer as to which dose to administer. Probably make giving advice easier too.

[Pharmanaut]

Yeah, now that there are more age brackets it makes it a lot clearer as to which dose to administer. Probably make giving advice easier too.

Have a look at the dose for 4 - 6 years and the dose for 6 - 8 years.
What are your thoughts?

[DispenserJosh]

Yeah it's the same but it would be more economical (and logical?) to give a child aged 6-8 the higher strength one surely? It shouldn't confuse anyone. If you are asking for the age of the patient then you should be able to rule out infant/sixplus.

Unless we bring flavour preference into the equation!

[hibernia]

Yeah it's the same but it would be more economical (and logical?) to give a child aged 6-8 the higher strength one surely?

It would also be more economical (and logical?) to give a 4-6 year old the higher strength one, especially if you have two siblings, one aged 5 and one aged 7 so there is no need to purchase different strengths.