The big chains should be encourage to pass out the measuring spoons for free and have them on the OTC shelves. If they have a store logo and phone number what better free publicity to remind them of their favorite pharmacy. There needs to be a coordinated effort by the industry (dr's and pharmacies) to promote the use of these devices. --
"Go for a Metric America" Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer, Region 4 (585) 272-3372 >>> On 1/14/2010 at 4:57 PM, in message <[email protected]>, "James R. Frysinger" <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in the US, too. Most pharmacies ("chemists") sell inexpensive > measuring spoons and cups for measuring medicine doses. Many over the > counter (OTC) medicines provide those for free, often as the cap on the > bottle. > > Jim > > Martin Vlietstra wrote: >> The provision of a 5 ml spoon or a cup with 10 ml, 15 ml and 20 ml >> graduations with medicines is standard in the UK >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of James R. Frysinger >> Sent: 14 January 2010 15:35 >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:46405] A spoonful of medicine >> >> >> This LA Times article appeared in today's Tennessean (Nashville). It's >> good to see this advice being published. >> >> Jim >> >> January 14, 2010 >> >> A spoonful of medicine may be too much, or not enough >> >> By Amina Khan >> LOS ANGELES TIMES >> >> "Heaping" teaspoon or "level"? That's the nail-biting dilemma that >> usually confronts amateur boulangeries as they mix baking soda or salt >> into their cake batter. >> >> In medicine, though, the unreliability of your average spoon - and by >> average spoon, we mean a tool more commonly used to stir sugar into >> coffee - can create far more serious problems. >> >> In a study in the Jan. 5 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, >> researchers asked student patients at the Cornell University health >> clinic to pour out 5 milliliters of cold medicine into different-size >> kitchen spoons. The researchers found that participants expressed >> confidence in their measuring abilities, and yet "underdosed by 8.4 >> percent when using the medium-size spoon and overdosed by 11.6 percent >> when using the larger spoon." >> >> That may sound minimal, but consider someone who's making that same >> mistake three to five times a day for a seven-day regimen. That can add >> up. Overdosing can mean nasty and troublesome side effects. Underdosing >> - on an antibiotic, for example - can lead to drug-resistant bacteria, >> ultimately rendering the medication ineffective. >> >> The lesson? Use a proper device - a measuring cap, a syringe or a dosing >> spoon - to make that medicine go down. >> >> >> And parents, before you pour any liquid into your kid's spoon (accurate >> or not), make sure you have the proper dose for your child's age and weight. >> >> Source: >> http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100114/FEATURES04/1140313/A+spoonful+of+ >> medicine+may+be+too+much++or+not+enough >>
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