Instructions on cough medicine

If the dosage of some medicines is smaller for older people (whatever that means), it is surely reassuring that any person over 12 can safely be given the same dose of this medicine? Better to know than not, and thereby perhaps administer too small a dose to be effective.

Theexwife

To me older adults would be the 40-50 age group, we all have our own thoughts about when someone is an older adult.

I see it as:
0-18 child
18-40 adult
40-50 older adult or middleaged
50-70 older person
70+ elderly.

Well that clearly defines my family
My DC being Older Adults - Middle Aged
DH as Older Person
Myself Elderly

Unsure why anyone thought it necessary to add these to our advancing years 🤣🤣

For many reasons elderly (65+) may need a lower dose to younger adults. Knowing this many would query a medication that didn't state a dose for elderly adults, so it's good practice to state the dose for the elderly even if it's the same as the adult dose.

If the dose is different for older adults then it makes sense to separate them but if it's the same, no need really. As others have pointed out, we're still adults.

It would have been easier to state up to four teaspoons a day for over 12's.

According to your chart Theexwife 2 of my DC are older adults and one an older person!

I'm officially elderly but still an adult.

To me older adults would be the 40-50 age group, we all have our own thoughts about when someone is an older adult.

I see it as:
0-18 child
18-40 adult
40-50 older adult or middleaged
50-70 older person
70+ elderly.

I don't understand why they have to refer to older people - in any guise- at all. Once you're over 18 you're an adult for ever, it doesn't change just because you get older!

Reminds me of the old "fat weighs more than muscles"

I quite like ‘Seniors’ but it could have been worse! How about The Aged! 😱

Ofcourse that's fairly obvious but couldn't they have written older adults?

Aging causes a reduction in the function of liver, kidneys, heart etc so medication dosages are often different to that of a younger person.