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  • January 2008
    • Cold Meds Land 7,000 Kids a Year in the Hospital

      Cold Meds Land 7,000 Kids a Year in the Hospital

      (Newser) - More than 7,000 American children a year end up in emergency rooms after taking over-the-counter cold or cough medicines, the federal Centers for Disease Control reports. Most of the children take overdoses of the drugs on their own, but a quarter have bad reactions to normal doses given by their parents, according to the study of kids under 12 published in Pediatrics . More »

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      children   children's health care   common cold   cold medicine   cough syrup   cough medicine

    • Ditch Cold Meds for Tots: FDA

      Ditch Cold Meds for Tots: FDA

      (Newser) - Although cold and cough medicine manufacturers pulled their baby and toddler lines off the shelves in October, the FDA is issuing an official advisory today to warn parents of the risk of giving any such remedies to children under 2. The government worries that uninformed parents are simply dosing their sniffly little ones with old medicines still in their home or products aimed at older kids, AP reports. More »

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      FDA   babies   overdose   infants   cold medicine   cough medicine

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