Baby is screaming in pain from teething. We've never given him Tylenol before and our pediatrician is closed.
I found this dosing chart.
http://assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/acetaminophen_dosage_chart.pdf
Can anyone confirm if this is accurate?
He's 16lbs/5mo.
Help!
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Does your insurance have a nurses hotline you can call? I've found them to be very helpful with questions like these!
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You dose 15 mg/kg. 16 lbs is 7.2 kg. 7.2 x 15= 109 mg. Probably best to round to 100 mg. Are you using infant tylenol or childrens? You can figure out the mg/ml and then figure out the dose.
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@Mrs. Jacks: I love having you here. If you ever need a cheerleader just ask.
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@Mrs. Jacks: you're awesome. It's infant. 160mg/ml. He fell asleep finally but will give him some if he wakes up upset.
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@wheres_c: 15mg/kg would be 0.68ml... but at the hospital where I work, we dose 10mg/kg.
a general dose uses the range of 10-15mg/kg. So you can actually do a smaller dose if you want.
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We dose 15mg/kg too
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My DS is 19 lbs and almost 5 months. Pediatrician said 2.5 ml of baby Tylenol every 4-6 hours.
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We've used that chart before with no problems. All that math up there makes my head hurt
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@oliviaoblivia: @wheres_c: Thanks!
@Ash: I hate the new 10 mg/kg dosing
I feel like if you are only giving it a couple of times in 24 hours then you have no risk of exceeding the max dose and 15 mg/kg is just fine. If you are going to give it every 4 hrs around the clock, then I go with 10 (But I definitely appreciate that others have a more conservative approach).
a general dose uses the range of 10-15mg/kg. So you can actually do a smaller dose if you want.
I feel like if you are only giving it a couple of times in 24 hours then you have no risk of exceeding the max dose and 15 mg/kg is just fine. If you are going to give it every 4 hrs around the clock, then I go with 10 Reply
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