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Health Tip: Giving Your Child Medicine
How to make it easier for both of you
Thu May 29, 2008, 09:00
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(HealthDay News) -- Giving medicine to your child can be a challenge, especially if it tastes bad or is difficult to swallow.
Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago offers these suggestions:
- If the medicine has an unpleasant taste, see if your pharmacist can add flavor to it, or advise on how you can do so.
- Only with your doctor or pharmacist's approval, crumble a pill into a powder and sprinkle it into foods such as applesauce or pudding. Some medications shouldn't be crushed in this way, so be sure to check with your doctor or pharmacist first.
- Have your child suck on an ice cube or Popsicle before and after taking the medicine.
- Keep the child from spitting out liquid by lightly squeezing the cheeks, putting the lips in a "fish kiss" position.
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