--- title: The right dose and never more than — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The right dose and never more than», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Every medicine has a right dose: too little does nothing, too much can harm, and "never more than four doses in 24 hours" on the box i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / The right dose and never more than # The right dose and never more than Lesson 18 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/0/) — Every medicine has a right dose: too little does nothing, too much can harm, and "never more than four doses in 24 hours" on the box is a real safety line. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/1/) — Too much paracetamol can seriously damage the liver even if you feel fine at first, so grown-ups write down the time of each dose. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/2/) — Your dose depends on your age and weight, which is why yours differs from your little sister's, and why someone else's tablets are never safe for you. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/3/) — If you forget a dose, never double up; the leaflet or pharmacist says what to do. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/4/) — Shop medicines and vitamins are not sweets: swallowing too many is an emergency, so a grown-up calls 111 or 999 and brings the packet. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/5/) — Too much paracetamol can seriously damage the liver, even if you feel fine at first. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/6/) — Parents write down the time of each dose and check that no other medicine they give also contains paracetamol. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/7/) — Children's doses depend on age and weight, because a bigger body needs more medicine for the same effect. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/8/) — Medicine prescribed for one person is chosen for their illness, age, weight and other medicines, so never take someone else's. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/10/) — If a child swallows pills by mistake, a grown-up calls NHS 111, the health advice phone line, or a poisons service, or 999 if the child is unwell, and brings the packet; making yourself sick is not the right thing. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/11/) — Liquid medicines come in different strengths, so the strength is checked and the line read at eye level, because looking from above or below makes you misread it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/12/) — Doctors usually suggest one of paracetamol or ibuprofen first, and switching to the other only if the first hasn't helped. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/13/) — A pill organiser with the days of the week helps people who take several medicines take the right ones at the right time, and a pharmacist can check whether someone still needs all of them. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/14/) — After a missed dose you usually take it when you remember, unless it's nearly time for the next one, and you never take two to catch up. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/15/) — Out-of-date medicines can lose strength or change; pharmacies take old medicines back, and flushing them harms rivers and wildlife. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/16/) — Even shop medicines such as cough medicine can be dangerous in big amounts, and any overdose (too much medicine) is an emergency. - ← previous: [How medicines work](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/) - next →: [Antibiotics, viruses and side effects](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)