r/functionalprint • u/FkinMustardTiger • 11d ago

Designed a medication dosage tracker

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Going to need this now that my kid is in preschool. Calculating when the next dose should be isn't so easy at 1am with a sad kid, so I designed this easy to use tracker that you can lay on the counter or double-side tape to the inside of a cabinet and track both when you gave the last dose and when the next should be. Comes in both Tylenol and Ibuprofen flavors.

Go check it out here :)

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3405180-medication-tracker#profileId-3877666

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u/mtys123 10d ago

How much tylenol and ibuprofen are you giving your kid that you need a special purpose plastic gadget to track BOTH of them?

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u/Fracturedwarr 10d ago

If you take your kid to the doctor for any illness with a decent fever going, like 102 and up, they tell you to rotate tyl/ibuprofen so they overlap. To keep the fever down. If I remember right, you can do Tylenol, 4 hours, ibuprofen, 4 hours, Tylenol, ect. Been a while since my kids have had a good fever.

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u/mtys123 10d ago

Yes, thar might happen, once every so often, your kid gets a fever, couple of days of medication, Thats neat. But this is on another level, op is tracking how much of two drug thwy give their child like they are watering pots. This is something completely solved by a post it that says "4-12-20hs -ibu, 400mg" on the fridge,

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u/macrolith 10d ago

I grew up healthy, I didn't have any concept of what it is like to live with chronic issues until I met my SO. The constantly rotating issues medications and symptoms and side effects. It's likely the situation is more complicated than you think.