U.S. panel against cold drugs for kids under 6
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Widely used over-the-counter cough and cold medicines should not be given to children under 6 years of age, a U.S. advisory panel recommended on Friday.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Another Food and Drug Administration advisory committee agreed that it&#39;s OK to give healthy children doses of a stimulant as part of an experiment.
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A U.S. advisory panel  will recommend on Friday if over-the-counter cough and cold  medicines should still be sold for children up to age 12 amid  complaints the drugs can be dangerous and do not work.
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Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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About 3.1 million Americans ages 12  to 25 -- about 5 percent of that age group -- have at some time  used an over-the-counter cough and cold medication to get high,  a U.S. government survey to be released on Thursday said.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel will recommend on Friday if over-the-counter cough and cold medicines should still be sold for children up to age 12 amid complaints the drugs can be dangerous and do not work.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for antidpressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children told the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday that they may consider more than just a label change.    One member of the panel asked the drug agency whether they could require that those prescribing the drugs undergo training to better recognize warning signs...
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FRIDAY, Dec. 15  (HealthDay News) -- The  U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday gave the green light to Celebrex for use in kids older than two as a treatment for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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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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After an advisory panel voted that some pediatric cold products should be banned, the late-night pharmacy run to find the right medicine has become tougher.
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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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Children 2 to 5 account for most cold medicine emergencies, most get to the drugs on their own.
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For parents worried about how to treat  children's colds now that some medicines have been called into  question, the answer may be a dose of salt water.
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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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Widely used cold and cough medicines have not been shown to work in anyone younger than 12, government health advisers said Friday, in urging the over-the-counter drugs be studied directly in children.
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It was Britain's warning to physicians last year not to treat depression in young people with six antidepressant drugs that set off an international debate and gave impetus to U.S. health authorities who made ...