The use of drugs for the child, what you should knowChildren are not miniature adults, during the development of organs in the body takes time to perfect the functions, so the use of the drug for children need to be very careful to achieve therapeutic purposes that do not affect the health of the child.Biological characteristics of the child and the drug treatment The functional status of the liver, kidney and metabolic drugs: Drug metabolism in the body are made mostly in the liver through the process of oxygen, then through the combined reaction with some substance to form the substances soluble in water, so easy to waste through the kidneys, bile or become lose toxicity. In infants and children for breastfeeding Moms, active enzymes in liver cells, the kidneys are also very weak, so the ability to waste except smoking much slower than older children and adults so easily cause drug poisoning when prolonged.The kidney is the second important responsibility in the waste except smoking. Normal in adults and 80% of drugs are discharged except over urinary tract in 24 hours. Smoking was discharged except in the kidneys through the mechanism of Glomerular filtration and excretion by the kidney tubes. But in infant and young child feeding mother, both this function only by 20-40% of older children and have to go to 2 years achieving normal value. So when taking the drug long on easy to cause a cumulative drug status in the body, so taking the drug for small children need accurate dosage and extending distance between 2 times.
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