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What does "an additional concentration" mean?

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oristarA
 
Reply Thu 1 Mar, 2012 07:42 pm

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ISSUE: The FDA is informing the public that an additional concentration of liquid acetaminophen marketed for "infants" (160 mg/5 mL) is now available. This change in the concentration will affect the amount of liquid given to an infant, and should be especially noted if someone is accustomed to using the 80 mg /0.8 mL or 80 mg/mL concentrations of liquid acetaminophen.
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roger
 
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Reply Thu 1 Mar, 2012 09:00 pm
@oristarA,
In this context, an additional concentration means there is a stronger or more potent medicine available.
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 2 Mar, 2012 02:51 am
@roger,
roger wrote:

In this context, an additional concentration means there is a stronger or more potent medicine available.


Thank you Roger.
But I didn't get the meaning of "additional" there well.
McTag
 
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Reply Fri 2 Mar, 2012 01:04 pm
@oristarA,

Additional means extra.

An additional concentration is a different strength (of solution).
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 2 Mar, 2012 08:01 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


Additional means extra.

An additional concentration is a different strength (of solution).


If it is different, why not additional means another?
roger
 
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Reply Fri 2 Mar, 2012 09:26 pm
@oristarA,
Nice questions you ask. I'm guessing that the 'additional' could apply to an extra selection on the shelves of the store. I've been wrong before. That's not exactly what it says, but I'm being charitable and assuming that 'additional' refers to selection rather than concentration.
parados
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Reply Fri 2 Mar, 2012 09:32 pm
@roger,
It would refer to another.

There was one concentration on the shelf.
Now there is an additional concentration to go along with the first one. Or in this case it may be a third concentration.

Concentration refers to the concentration of the medicine in the solution. mg/ml
McTag
 
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Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 11:37 am
@parados,

That's what I said.

So why was my answer not selected?
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 03:01 pm
@oristarA,
'additional' can be easily understood if you use 'second'.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 09:06 pm
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

'additional' can be easily understood if you use 'second'.


Yes.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 09:13 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


That's what I said.

So why was my answer not selected?


Parados' answer looks exceptionally clear to me, while yours, though helped to understand it better, somehow made me to accept it with hesitating.
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 3 Mar, 2012 11:19 pm
@oristarA,
Parados' answer looks exceptionally clear to me, while yours, though it helped me to understand it better, somehow made me [to] accept it with [hesitating] (a little bit of/some/some measure of) hesitation.
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