What should children pay attention to when taking drugs

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The child next door to me had a fever before, and his family gave him adult antipyretic drugs. As a result, the child's condition did not improve, and there were complications, because they did not pay attention to the standardization of medication. Let's see what children should pay attention to when taking drugs.

What should children pay attention to when taking drugs

First of all: the choice of route of administration, we advocate "can oral administration treatment without intramuscular injection, can intramuscular injection treatment without intravenous administration". Although the injection method is accurate in dosage, quick in effect and not affected by digestive fluid, it also has its shortcomings. In addition to disinfection of injection site, the quality of drug, irritation of drug, toxicity of drug itself, particles and pyrogen in infusion can cause serious adverse reactions and even death. When the condition is not serious, please choose oral or intramuscular administration, when the condition is serious, choose intravenous administration.

Secondly, the dosage should be accurate, and the dosage for children should be calculated according to age or weight. Due to the large dosage or the rapid speed of intravenous infusion, which is beyond the tolerance of children, the adverse reactions of drugs will cause great harm to children.

Finally: the choice of drugs should be suitable for some important organs of children, such as the liver and kidney are not mature, the secretion of liver enzymes is insufficient or lacking, and the renal clearance function is poor. The use of drugs with high toxicity and serious adverse reactions should be avoided. The best use of such drugs is under the guidance of doctors.

matters needing attention

Children should choose the dosage form of drugs for children. Do not use adult sized sugar coated tablets, sustained release tablets, controlled release tablets, capsules, etc. If you don't know the child's condition, it's better not to use drugs blindly. It's safer under the guidance of the doctor.