FDA examines safety of cough, cold drugs for kids
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Health regulators are taking a new look at the safety of children's over-the-counter cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday.
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Popular pediatric over-the-counter cough and cold medicines work no better than placebos, an F.D.A. panel said.
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Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots. The Food and Drug Administration was issuing that warning Thursday to parents of children under 2.
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Children under 2 years old should  not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because  they are too dangerous for that age group, U.S. health  authorities advised on Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration, concerned about the number of children being accidentally overdosed on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, yesterday warned parents never to give children younger than age 2 such products without a doctor's approval.
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Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate.
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Common children's cold and cough medicines are coming under scrutiny from federal drug regulators, who say the remedies and their recommended doses have not been studied enough in children
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Common children's cold and cough medicines are coming under scrutiny from federal drug regulators, who say the remedies and their recommended doses have not been studied enough in children, a newspaper reported.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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A panel of federal drug advisers began a two-day meeting to decide whether over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medicines should continue to be sold.
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Experts urged the Food and Drug Administration to ban over-the-counter, multisymptom cough and cold medicines for children under 6.
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The US Food and Drug Administration today announced a five-step program to bolster drug safety evaluations. The news comes after controversy over the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx and risks to children on antidepressants.
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Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines Â they're too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday.
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Wyeth said on Monday it was recalling several of its Robitussin cough, cold and congestion products and its Children's Dimetapp Cold & Chest Congestion medicine because their dosage cups lack a measurement mark for young children.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the way the agency monitors safety risks of medicines after they hit the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
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Over-the-counter cough and cold drugs send an estimated 7,000 U.S. children under the age of 12 to emergency rooms every year, most for overdoses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday.
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Friday asked an outside group to review the  way it monitors safety risks associated with medicines already  on the market, such as Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn painkiller  Vioxx.