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Thursday, December 4, 2008
GERD Awareness Week: Nov. 23 to Nov. 29, 2008  GERD Education: The Basics of Acid Reflux Disease

Safety and Your Child's Medicine by Tracy Davenport

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Suggestion 5: Use a dosing device

Don't use household items such as teaspoons and tablespoons to give medication because they come in all different shapes and sizes. Instead, dosing devices available at pharmacies are the way to go. They are easy to use and have easy-to-read numbers. We use a system that includes a cap for the bottle and a dosing device that attaches to it and draws the medication out of the bottle. We've found it to not only make dosing more accurate, but there is less waste of medicine—and that saves money. Check with your pharmacist or doctor if unsure about the type of measuring device to use.

Important

This advice is just what has worked for our child, and was based on advice that we received from health-care providers and on publicly available web sites. We strongly recommend that you first check with a knowledgeable health care provider to make sure that what you do is best and safest for your child.

Reprinted with permission from Tracy Davenport, author of Making Life Better for a Baby with Acid Reflux.

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