help! dd has been given adult benylin by mistake!

[me23]

dp mistakenly gave dd 1 5ml spoon of his adult benlyin cough medicine instead of her child one.
is this dangerous will she be ok?

How old is she?

Call NHS Direct maybe?

What is the adult dose?

yes ring nhs or 999 for advice or do u have an out of hours doctors service u can call

sorry should have put that she is 3, it says on box not reccomended for children under 6

adult dose is 2 5 ml spoonfuls

Call NHS Direct now on 0845 4647

What's the dose for a 6-year-old?

What are the active ingredients?

Yes, NHS direct seems the best call. I doubt this will be serious, but it's worth checking. It's an understandable mistake.

on the phone to them now

dose for 6 year old is 1 5ml sppoonful, shes putting me through to a nurse

wat they say

he said he doesnt imagine it will be a problem, but he is gonna phone the poison control people to double check then call me back.

What is the difference in amonunt of the active ingredient between a 5ml dose of the Adult one and the recommended dose of the Childs one?

I would think a single dose is unlikely to cause that much trouble - it's going to be less of the active ingredient than your DD is allowed in 24 hours, I would think, iyswim.

hi, the is 14 mls of the active ingredient in each 5 mls dose, nurse told me that adverse reactions were seen in children when they had ingested more than 150mls of active ingredients. so it's very unlikely dd will have a problem. He said no futher action needed and put her to bed as normal etc..
she is in bed now, I am going to take her doctors in the morning anyway as she has high temp and has had cough for a while now. Thanks for all your help.

in reponse to matnanplus, there isn't any of the active ingredient in the childrens one.