1. The first rule before giving the drug - search the expiration date. General medicine and medicine especially children, expired pose a threat to life!
2. Do not give the child medication on you, especially drugs that you have no previous experience to give to the child. Contact your doctor / pharmacist and consulted with him. As well as the same thing, too, for food supplements - it may be more dangerous than drugs.
3. Do not mix drugs on you. If you are unable to speak with the doctor - is preferable to consult with a pharmacist on duty.
4. It is important to be a medicine cabinet in a cool, dry room - the bathroom is not appropriate for that at all.
5. Not to give drugs that are taken by swallowing a child if in the case of lying down or sleeping.
6. When you give a child medication by injection, injection should Article slowly, small drops toward the inner cheek, so as to avoid choking and difficult for the child spit out the medication.
If necessary, inserting the needle into the drug solution again to take an extra dose, should be careful to wash the needle well. Saliva contains, naturally, a lot of bacteria, enzymes and various other materials may contaminate the solution.
7. Give the child the medication in small doses. They waited until swallow and keep calm. If a drug colored drink, they tried that the child not be wearing new clothes. At the age of less than two years, the best selection of medicines for children are very small and stomach dose particularly for infants and young children.
8. It is very important to be accurate and that the doses are measured correctly (not "spoon" and not "approximate").
9. It is forbidden to give the medication with food or milk in a bottle. A child does not always end all the amount of food provided to him.
10. Accuracy and give the full dose necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment. Treatment is eating something and something else.
11. Medicines for children that use the elder brother, is not always suitable for use for children newborn.