By Sheilah Downey
Conflicting directions that accompany prescriptions to Tamiflu could lead to “serious potential for dosing errors,” and prompted a public safety alert from the Food and Drug Administration.
When their daughter was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, a doctor and his wife, also a medical professional, had to determine the correct dosage of Tamiflu by using this equation: 5ml (volume of teaspoon) x 0.75 x 12mg/mill = 45mg on the syringe.
The problem, says doctors, is the Tamiflu comes with syringe markings in milligrams while the prescription specifies the dose in teaspoons. Kara Jacobson, an MPH, and her doctor-husband, had to perform the math to dose their daughter. It took them 30 minutes. Read More…
