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How to Give Medicine to Your Children

Section 1: Prescription and Label

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Welcome

Thank you for taking the time to get to know the medicine your doctor prescribed for your child today.

During this short session, you will learn how to give the medicine you were just prescribed.

Prescription

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Look at the prescription you got today from your doctor. It will look something like this.

NOTE: This is NOT your exact prescription, this is just an example.

prescription note
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
Medicaid Provider #: 00555555
Phone #: (212) 555-5555
Date: 08/09/2010
NPI #: 5555555555.
Prescribing Physician: Dr. Jane Doe
LIC: NY LIC 555555
DEA #: XYZ5555555
Name: Juanito Gomez
DOB: 3/19/2007
Home Ph. #:
Address: 1325 Pembroke Road
City: New York
State: NY
Zipcode: 10024
Antibiotic 400 mg/5mL
Take 600 mg po bid for 10 days.
Disp: 250
Refills: 0
Label in Spanish
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this prescription will be filled generically unless prescriber writes 'd.a.w.' in the box below.

Label

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When you go to the pharmacy and pick up your child's medicine, the pharmacist will give you the medicine with a label that may look like this.

Touch each of the 5 colored sections below before you move on to the next part.

NYP Pharmacy 
(800) 555-5555
1750 Sterling Road
New York, NY 10025
Dr. Jane Doe 
No 0060032-01421
Date 01/11/11
Juanito Gomez
1325 Pembroke Road
New York, NY 10024
Take 7.5 mL by mouth
Twice a Day x 10 days
Antibiotic
Qty 250 mL
No Refill
Dr. Authorization Required
Use by 1/11/12

Patient information

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On the bottle you will find your child's name.

Dosage

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This part tells you how much medicine to give to your child each time.

Frequency

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This part tells you how many times each day you need to give the medicine to your child.

Duration

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This part tells you the number of days you need to give your child the medicine. Even if your child appears to feel better, it is important to give them the medicine for as long as your doctor told you to do so. For example, if your doctor says to give the medicine for ten days, you can use a calendar to keep track of how many days you have given the medicine.

Medicine name

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This part tells you the name of the medicine you will be giving your child.