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It’s Official: FDA Says No Cough Meds for Very Young
We’ve been expecting this for months. The FDA has finally, officially, issued a warning against giving over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children under 2. This includes even those marketed to and labeled for infants and young children.
Since October, manufacturers quit selling many version of their remedies that were targeted at infants and toddlers. (Though you still see a lot on the shelves, no?)
In the report:
That month, the FDA‘s
scientific advisers also voted that the drugs don’t work in small
children and shouldn’t be used in preschoolers, either
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amOnce we got past the gagging, the honey worked for us too. I was surprised.
I wonder when they are going to recall them for adults?
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