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acetaminophen dosage? *flutepharm*!

nycdueinmaynycdueinmay
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I am getting really confused with acetaminophen dosages. Everything is talking about the "new" infant bottles available in 2012, but I think they are out now? The new syringe pull instead of dropper for infants?

Anyways, DD is ~13.5-14lbs and the acetaminophen I have has a concentration of 160/5mL. I found this chart (https://assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/first-year-health-guide_acetaminophen_chart_pdf.pdf) and I think it is saying I should give her 1.25mL. My pedi said to give her 0.6, but it looks like that is the dropper dose (we did not have the medicine with us when we were at the office and she may have misunderstood which type I said I had at home).

Right now I am giving her 0.6 mL since it is the low estimate and I would rather underdose her than overdose her, of course. Is anyone else confused, or have I just been looking at this stuff for too long?

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  • kacellekacelle member
    Are you using the one with the syringe pull?  If so, you can give even more than 1.25 mL.  This chart is a lot simpler: https://www.askdrsears.com/topics/medicine-cabinet/acetaminophen
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  • nycdueinmaynycdueinmay

    Yes, I am using the syringe pull. Thanks dear! I would have been confused because even Dr. Sears calls the concentration in my infant dose the same as a children's liquid, but his posting the concentration is exactly what I need to see to determine the dose.

    My step-sister is a pharmacist too, so I am waiting to hear back from her. There are just too many confusing products and concentrations on the market right now.

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  • flutepharm87flutepharm87 member
    Your dose is 2.97mL (I would round up to 3mL just for ease of use). The typical dose is 15mg/kg. I based this dose on 14lb which equals 6.35kg. 95.25mg of acetaminophen is about what she needs. It seems you have the new packaging based on the concentration you listed. You'll need 3mL of that to reach your dosage. Sorry it took so long to see this, I had to work til 5pm today :(
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  • nycdueinmaynycdueinmay

    Thank you! No worries on the time, I finally go ahold of my pharmacist step-sister who said the same. It goes without saying that DD is much happier with the 2.5mL than the 0.6mL, haha. I was just being careful until I got a couple clear responses.

    And I'm sorry you had to work on a Saturday, bummer!

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