title: The teaspoon dose.
abstract: A teaspoon dose (5 ml) is not necessarily a paediatric dose, since the amount of a drug in 5 ml of a preparation may not be the same as that in a tablet. Suggestions for standardizing the quantities of medicine in liquid form are given and the 'Ten Commandments' for safe prescribing for infants and children are stated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000506:poisoning; D004157:Diphenoxylate / Q000506:poisoning; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors; D012996:Solutions; D013607:Tablets; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000506:poisoning
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D013607:Tablets; D004157:Diphenoxylate; D013752:Tetracycline; D002746:Chlorpromazine