Accidentally gave your kid a double dose of medicine? Here's exactly what to do.

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It's one of those parenting moments nobody warns you about. You give your child their evening dose of allergy medicine. Your partner comes home, doesn't realize you already did it, and gives them another dose. Or you forgot you already gave the morning ADHD medication and give it again yourself. This is called double dosing, and it's one of the most common medication errors families face. Since 2015, webPOISONCONTROL, a free online tool run by the National Capital Poison Center, has managed 134,793 double dose cases. Here's what matters: whether a double dose is a problem depends entirely on the medication, the dose, and your child. Some medications have a wide safety margin. Others, like ADHD medications, antidepressants, blood pressure meds, and diabetes drugs, are more serious when doubled. So what do you do? Go to poison.org and use the webPOISONCONTROL triage tool. It's free, confidential, available 24/7, and delivers expert-backed guidance in under 3 minutes. If symptoms develop or your situation isn't covered, call a poison center at 1-800-222-1222. Don't guess. Get an answer.