
What Are The Repercussions Of Accidental Intake Of Medicine By Infant?

Look for signs and if there is any visit ER immediately
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Hello
I have gone through the pics. Although the strength is not clearly visible,the enalapril tablet strength appears to be 20 mg. The another bottle is of low dose aspirin and the strength of low dose aspirin is 81 mg.
The age of your daughter is one year nine months and the average weight of a child of this age is around 11-13 kgs.
Enalapril is an antihypertensive and the usual dose in pediatric age group is 0.1-0.5 mg/kg/dose.So even if she consume a single tablet of enalapril the dose will be 4 times the upper limit for this age.
The main side effect is hypotension.
If you notice dizziness or fainting when getting up from the lying down position,,sweating,vomiting or altered sensorium; immediately visit the emergency room.If there is clear history of consuming this tablet consult ER without waiting for symptoms to appear.
The second drug aspirin is better tolerated as the bottle is of low dose aspirin and the dose in pediatric age group varies from 5 mg/kg to 80 mg/kg depending on the indication.The symptoms of overdosing of aspirin are nausea,vomiting,altered sensorium or excessive bleeding.
So, If you are not sure whether she has consumed the pills or not; you can observe for the symptoms mentioned above or otherwise consult ER immediately.Also in future keep all these medication out of reach of babies.
I will be glad to anwer if you have any more queries.
Wish your daughter good health.
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