Dr. Grumpy: "Are you taking the new medication on schedule?"
Mrs. Bidtid: "Yes, three times a day, just like the bottle says."
Dr. Grumpy: "How far apart are you spacing them?"
Mrs. Bidtid: "Every 12 hours."
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Once, twice, three times a lady
Dr. Grumpy: "Are you taking the new medication on schedule?"
Mrs. Bidtid: "Yes, three times a day, just like the bottle says."
Dr. Grumpy: "How far apart are you spacing them?"
Mrs. Bidtid: "Every 12 hours."
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When my kids were in school we called this Chicago Math, now we call it Common Core Curriculum.
or , maybe she is from Jupiter.
Pediatricians know this problem all too well!
You know, they say that some people's internal clocks aren't 24 hours. Some people live a 'day' that's closer to 30 or even 36 hours. Clearly this person is one of the latter.
Ask her if she's generally asleep at 32:00 hours.
"Once" a day translates to 11 in Spanish.
Our computer at work will not allow us to record midnight as a dosing time; it has to either be 23:59 or 00:01, so I could see how this woman might figure a dose TID occasionally for a Q 12 hrs interval. On the other hand, I seriously doubt that is what she is doing.
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