Common mistakes in medicating babies with adult drugs A significant number of parents are not familiar with the way of pediatric medication, mistakenly believing that safe drugs for adults, children are also available, as long as the dose is reduced a little on the line, but do not know that the physiology of children and adults have many differences, safe drugs for adults may not be safe for children, and some even lurk dangerous. For example, tetracyclines can affect the growth of children’s bones or deposited in the dental tissue into the “yellow plate teeth”, so children under 9 years old is prohibited. Another example is fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs may cause joint lesions and hamper the development of cartilage, so minors under the age of 18 should not be used. And then the common antipyretic drugs such as analgesic, Somi pain, go to the pain tablets contain aminopyrine ingredients, easy to make the rapid decline in pediatric granulocytes, a fatal risk. There are also children taking cold pass after the emergence of hematuria, the consequences of the seriousness of self-evident. Therefore, whether the baby should use drugs, with what, with how much, must be determined by the pediatrician according to the condition and age, parents must not take the initiative to avoid mistakes.