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NEWS ABOUT: cough syrup

cough syrup stories: 4 news summaries

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

Report tallies ODs,
bad reactions

Jan 29, 08 4:43 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Millions Get High on Cold Drugs

12-year-olds abuse over-the-counter medicines

Jan 10, 08 4:05 AM CST
(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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cough syrup • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration • Purple Drank • Lean • NyQuil • Coricidin • Robitussin • DXM

Honey Works on Kids' Coughs

Study says it soothes throat, helps children sleep

Dec 4, 07 7:07 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Toxic Cough Syrup Causes Deaths in Panama

How a tailor in China passed glycol off as glycerin, and killed hundreds of children

May 6, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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