Children's OTC Dose From the Drug Facts Chart
A child's row on the Drug Facts dosing chart, by weight or age.
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Example
- Product and strength on the label
- Children's Tylenol suspension, acetaminophen 160 mg per 5 mL
- Child's weight
- 40
- Weight is in
- lb
- Age: whole years
- 4 years
Result: 7.5 mL (240 mg).
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What you enter
- Product and strength on the label
- Child's weight
- Weight is in
- Age: whole years
- Age: extra months (0 to 11)
How this is calculated
Citation
Drug Facts labels on DailyMed: Tylenol and Motrin for children and infants, Benadryl Allergy for children, Delsym, Imodium A-D and pyrantel pamoate. FDA OTC Monograph M013.50(d)(2) for acetaminophen by age. The chart row is returned; nothing is scaled. Read the sources: Children's Tylenol label ↗, Children's Motrin label ↗, Children's Benadryl label ↗, Delsym label ↗, Imodium A-D label ↗, OTC Monograph M013 ↗
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