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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 472232" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Who prescribed the medication since your regular doctor may not know she is sick again?</p><p></p><p>If you are not sure which doctor to contact, contact your pharmacist who would know the best route. Your pharmacist may know of alternate medications to suggest to whichever doctor needds to re-prescribe. S/he can give you options that they know of. Another prescribtion should not be a problem. </p><p></p><p>If the pharmacist does not know which doctor to start with, I would make a call to the on-call doctor to explain the situation and ask for a new prescription. If you are not comfortable with the on-call doctor or if s/he suggests you wait for your regular doctor, then go ahead and call or text him.</p><p></p><p>Are you using a syringe? I like DS3's suggestion of a little squirt at a time.</p><p></p><p>It may be a good idea to verify the dosage with doctor's office or pharmacist. When Diva was a baby, I had to get an antibiotic for her. Being a new timer at giving babies medications, I struggled and finally called a nurse to ask,"How am I to get 1 Tablespoon of medications into this kid?" "1 Tablespoon? It should be 1 Teaspoon!" Somewhere along the line, the pharmacist had miss labled the medication bottle. I am glad I called - it seemed too much to me but that is what the lable said - doctors and their poor handwriting (though now much is done by computers so that helps eliminate such errors) or pharmacys and their not double checking (though pharmacists are usually super careful about things like this) - no idea where the mistake came from - I just hoped each area checked their process to idenitify and make note to tighten the procedure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 472232, member: 5096"] Who prescribed the medication since your regular doctor may not know she is sick again? If you are not sure which doctor to contact, contact your pharmacist who would know the best route. Your pharmacist may know of alternate medications to suggest to whichever doctor needds to re-prescribe. S/he can give you options that they know of. Another prescribtion should not be a problem. If the pharmacist does not know which doctor to start with, I would make a call to the on-call doctor to explain the situation and ask for a new prescription. If you are not comfortable with the on-call doctor or if s/he suggests you wait for your regular doctor, then go ahead and call or text him. Are you using a syringe? I like DS3's suggestion of a little squirt at a time. It may be a good idea to verify the dosage with doctor's office or pharmacist. When Diva was a baby, I had to get an antibiotic for her. Being a new timer at giving babies medications, I struggled and finally called a nurse to ask,"How am I to get 1 Tablespoon of medications into this kid?" "1 Tablespoon? It should be 1 Teaspoon!" Somewhere along the line, the pharmacist had miss labled the medication bottle. I am glad I called - it seemed too much to me but that is what the lable said - doctors and their poor handwriting (though now much is done by computers so that helps eliminate such errors) or pharmacys and their not double checking (though pharmacists are usually super careful about things like this) - no idea where the mistake came from - I just hoped each area checked their process to idenitify and make note to tighten the procedure. [/QUOTE]
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