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- From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: What to tell child their taking?
- Message-ID: <72406@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 17:03:32 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1992Dec23.202119.26585@proton.llumc.edu>
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- > and stated "she wasn't sick". What do should you tell her the medicine
- > is for? Should you tell her that they are vitamins or smart pills
- > or try and explain the situation?
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- I wouldn't tell her they're "smart pills". That might cause her friends
- to want to try them, too. Or she might get the idea of taking the whole
- bottle to see how smart she can get. I wouldn't tell her they're vitamins,
- either. This would probably be a good time to introduce her to the concept
- of drugs and drug overdoses, if for no other reason than to avoid an accident.
-