Medication Dosage Mrs. Sanchez, a Spanish-speaking mom, took her son to the doctor for a cough and he was diagnosed with asthma. He was given a prescription for the medication, Prednisolone (a steroid). The prescription read, “Take 2 ml by mouth twice daily.” The doctor asked his staff to give Mrs. Sanchez the instructions in Spanish. The mother saw the number “2” on the bottle and gave her son two teaspoons for each dose. After two doses, her son felt worse, so Mrs. Sanchez took him back to the doctor. The staff had never given Mrs. Sanchez the instructions in Spanish, resulting in the patient having received five times the dose each time he received the medication. This could have been fatal.
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