Dosage danger for Tamiflu

Monday, September 28, 2009 - 02:28 in Health & Medicine

Confusing directions -- prescriptions in fractions of teaspoons, the dropper packaged with the drug in milligrams -- could lead to under- or overdoses of the drug, doctors warn. Confusing directions on liquid suspensions of the antiviral drug Tamiflu may inadvertently cause parents to give either too little of the drug, impeding the child's recovery, or a toxic overdose, physicians warned in a letter...

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