USING AN ADAPTA-CAP

Many liquid compounds are dispensed with an "Adapta-Cap". It is a blue plastic screw-on cap that has an attached flip-off cap.

Usually, this blue cap is attached to the bottle before it is dispensed. However, if we are sending your prescription in the mail or by UPS the cap may be packed separately. If the blue cap is NOT already attached carefully remove the cap that is on the bottle and set it aside. Then attach the blue cap to the bottle. You may discard the original cap and leave the blue Adapta-Cap on the bottle until the prescription is finished

Your prescription will also include an oral syringe. The tip of this syringe fits inside the center hole in the Adapta-Cap. To withdraw a dose do the following;

• Shake the bottle well
• Flip the center protective cap off
• Insert the oral syringe tip into the opening
• Hold the syringe and the cap and invert (as pictured above)
• Gently pull back on the barrel of the syringe to the prescribed amount
• Turn the bottle right side up
• Remove the syringe and administer as instructed
• Re-attach the flip top
• If you are administering the medication directly into the patient's mouth you will want to clean the syringe and put aside to dry

If the syringe has not been contaminated in any way it may be left IN the hole in the top of the Adapta-Cap. The fitting is sufficient to protect the contents of the bottle. However, don't shake the bottle without holding BOTH the bottle and the syringe. The syringe may fall out and you'll end up spilling the contents while shaking.