What Are The Adverse Effects Of Accidentally Giving A Double Dose Of Cefprozil To An Infant?

Posted on Tue, 15 May 2018

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Question : I accidentally gave my 12 mo old a double dose of cefprozil. She weighs a little over 22lbs. Gave her 5ml instead of 2.5ml. It’s been under 15 minutes since the dose. What should I do?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Within the tolerable range. Nothing needs to be done.

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Let me assure you that there is nothing to worry and even a double dose is not in the harmful range. So, there is no reason to worry and nothing needs to be done about it.

Feel free to write back.

Regards

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