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Posted on Oct 20th 2007 1:28PM by Brian WhiteFiled Under: Nutrition & Supplements
After this past week's mess with cough syrup and cold medications geared towards young kids, the FDA took the advice of a two-day panel (which concluded yesterday) and said that no cold medications (cough remedies) should be marketed or administered to children under the age of six from now on.
A group of pediatricians said that cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers work no better than dummy pills. If so, then parents have been wasting tons of money on remedies with no function while putting their young kids at risk from an accidental overdose.
The 'accidental overdose' is what has killed a few small kids after having ingested too much cold medicine, and was the impetus for determining if these products should even be marketed towards children.
A group of pediatricians said that cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers work no better than dummy pills. If so, then parents have been wasting tons of money on remedies with no function while putting their young kids at risk from an accidental overdose.
The 'accidental overdose' is what has killed a few small kids after having ingested too much cold medicine, and was the impetus for determining if these products should even be marketed towards children.
