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  • January 2008

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

      Reuters  |  Jan 29, 08 4:43 AM CST

      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

    • Millions Get High on Cold Drugs

      MSNBC  |  Jan 10, 08 4:05 AM CST

      Millions Get High on Cold Drugs

      (Newser) - More than 3 million Americans, some as young as 12, have used over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to induce hallucinations, out-of-body experiences and other effects, a US government survey has found. The study uncovered high levels of abuse of 140 drugs containing the cough suppressant DXM, reports MSNBC. More »

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  • December 2007

    • Honey Works on Kids' Coughs

      Houston Chronicle  |  Dec 4, 07 7:07 AM CST

      Honey Works on Kids' Coughs

      (Newser) - Parents looking for an alternative to cold medicines for their young kids might consider a sweet solution—honey. A new study suggests that a commonly available dark variety soothes children's coughs and helps them sleep better, the Houston Chronicle reports.  The study comes in the wake of the FDA's recommendation last month that children under 6 not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. More »

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      children  • FDA  • common cold  • cold medicine  • alternative treatment  • honey  • cough syrup

  • May 2007

    • Toxic Cough Syrup Causes Deaths in Panama

      New York Times  |  May 6, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Toxic Cough Syrup Causes Deaths in Panama

      (Newser) - American drugmakers are on the lookout this week for another in the growing list of potentially deadly Chinese exports. This time, it's diethylene glycol, a sweet-but-toxic chemical that masquerades as glycerin in common medications like cough syrup and that has already killed almost 400 people—many of them children—in Panama.  More »

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      China  • health  • medicine  • FDA  • Panama  • cough syrup  • diethylene glycol  • glycerin

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