Renewed Warning on Cold Medicines
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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it âstrongly recommendsâ that over-the-counter cold remedies not be used in children under 2.
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U.S. health regulators said on Friday they have been reviewing the safety of over-the-counter children's cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2.
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Our position is: Greater drug safety needs to be coupled with awareness that some risk is inherent in medicine. When it comes to assurances of drug safety, consumers would be advised to heed George Bernard Shaw&#39;s warning to beware of what they wish for.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - U.S. health advisers considered on Thursday if over-the-counter cough and cold medicines should still be sold for young children, as pediatricians argued the drugs are dangerous and do not work.
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People with high blood pressure were warned yesterday that they are at increased risk of having a heart attack in very cold weather.
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The government warns "natural" products being snapped up by people who can't get shots may not prevent illness.
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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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CHICAGO A leading doctor says physicians and patients are obliged to keep a close watch on new prescription drugs for side effects.
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Company warns Remicade may up risk of lymphoma, label changed for second time to reflect hazards. NEW YORK  - Johnson &amp; Johnson is warning doctors that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines that have been widely used for decades should not be given to children under 6 years of age, a U.S. advisory panel recommended on Friday.
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As more and more states restrict the sale of cold medicines used to make methamphetamine, the maker of Sudafed next month plans to introduce a new version that cannot be converted to the potent street drug.
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A medication widely used to treat bouts of influenza may have become less effective in children than previously thought, the result of defiant new flu strains that crop up rapidly and persist
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If its latest drug isn't approved, the pharmaceutical could face trouble.
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A further shakeup in the marketplace for cold and cough medicines used billions of times each year in treating the youngest children is likely, as government health advisers weigh options from an outright ban to more study
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British medical regulators urged physicians today to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said they should be clearly labeled with warnings
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Pfizer is the latest drug maker to warn that a product already on the market may pose serious health risks. It took outrage from activists in September to get the Food and Drug Administration to require warning
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A senior United States drug official last night said he believed at least another five medicines at present on sale needed further scrutiny in the wake of recent health scares.