How Ana started a fever after starting antibiotics, I don't know.

[conuly]

But she's taking a day off from school because of it.

Other things I don't understand: Why on earth the doctor prescribed amoxicillin for them in two different concentrations requiring two different dosages. I could handle different dosages, but I hate having to juggle the bottles! Would it have been that hard to give them medicine at the *same* concentration so all I'd have to worry about is making sure they measured it out right? (Because, of course, they're measuring their own medicine nowadays. So grown up.) It wasn't the normal doctor, but I tell you, if we see this one again (something I avoid doing, urgent care *really hates* when we show up without their mom, pediatrics doesn't give a fuck) I'm going to ask him whyyyyyyyyy he felt the need to do this to me.

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Comments

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

It's probably a licensing issue: often one strength is licensed for, say, children under 6, while a higher strength is licensed for children aged 6-12. Sometimes it's a practical thing because the volumes required aren't appropriate from the other strength (really tiny or huge), but otherwise it's just convention and what's gone through clinical trials in particular age groups. I'd expect different doses because medications for children are often roughly dosed by age and weight.

edit: oh, and why the licensing matters: if it's outside the license (dose wise, age wise, etc) it becomes the prescriber's liability if things go wrong (also possibly to some extent the pharmacist for not challenging it). If it was within the license, they'd have some degree of protection from the fact that that particular product is approved at that dose for a condition that child has, at that particular age.

[conuly]

So liability issues, ironically, made us much more likely to screw things up?

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

Yep! Because it's you who is likely to screw up in this scenario and not the doctor, this is the legally preferable way round...

[conuly]

You can't see the face I'm making now, but try really hard to picture it in your head anyway.