does it mean 24 divide by 3 ? or 12/3 ? how many hours before i should take the next dose ? i am taking antibiotics. or it does not matter as long as a take it a few hours later ?
2007-02-14 20:58:46 · 8 answers · asked by forgetcase 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It means in a 24 hour cycle you have to take x amoult time 3.
I would take them with food at
Breakfast, lunch and at dinner.
2007-02-14 21:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have had the bad luck to be on a few courses of antibiotics last year. Spread the doses out as evenly as possible from the time you wake up to the normal time you would go to bed. Try and stick to these times every day (even if it means waking early at the weekends) My GP said it is best to take them on an empty stomach or 1 hour before food as the are ingested quicker into the body and work better. Also read the leaflet that comes with them, sometime this can help give advice.
Hope this helps and that you get better soon,
2007-02-15 03:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically it would be every 8 hours. That's what we do when you are admitted to the hospital. It does depend on the medicine and what its for though. Some, like antibiotics, must maintain certain peaks and troughs to ensure that the drug level doesn't drop below what is required to kill the organism. It can lead to mulit-drug resistant organisms that antibiotics will not kill. Trust me, we have neough of those now. Another type that is important are cardiac meds, say a medicine to control heart rate and blood pressure. It you take it too soon before the last does has adequately been metabolized, you can run the risk of your heart slowing down and/or stopping.
2007-02-14 22:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by edcarter79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The timing does not have to be THAT precise. As long as you take the dosage morning, lunchtime and evening, you can't go wrong.
And, ZEROCOOL, you forgot that the guy has to sleep sometimes, too. So take 24 hours, deduct the average time required for sleeping (8 hours) and you are left with 16 hours. That amount of time divided by 3 gives intervals of 5 hours and 20 minutes for each dosage. But this is silly, as I have pointed out above.
2007-02-14 21:03:19 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis J 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When the doc says 3 times a day it means during waking hours. If he says every 8 hours it means around the clock.
2007-02-15 04:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by Lamont Cranston 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You want to spread antibiotics as evenly as possible, so take 1 dose every 8 hours.
2007-02-14 22:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually it means your waking hours in a day.
if it's three times a day then schedule it 1 when you get up in the morning 1 in the middle of your day and 1 when you're going to bed.
2007-02-14 21:09:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
every 8 hours
2007-02-14 21:01:39 · answer #8 · answered by ZEROCOOL 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋