Doctors warn of harm from kids' cough, cold drugs
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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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Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn't be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers Thursday.
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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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Rising numbers of children are being prescribed antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs, research revealed. No pills are licensed for use by people under 16 years of age, but doctors can issue them where they feel it&#39;s clinically appropriate.
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WASHINGTON -- About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported Wednesday.
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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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Manufacturers should  conduct clinical studies to show that over-the-counter cough  and cold medicines are effective in children less than 12 years  old, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn't be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers Thursday.
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Drugstores began clearing their shelves of over-the-counter cough and cold medicine designed for infants yesterday after leading manufacturers announced they were withdrawing the products amid rising concerns about the safety of the popular remedies.
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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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Over-the-counter cold and cough medicines don't work for children under age 6 and giving the common medicine to young children cannot be recommended, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee said Friday.
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Giving children antibiotics or paracetamol early in life may increase their risk of asthma, Massey health researchers say. They carried out a study involving more than 4000 children and found
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Parents should not give toddlers and babies over-the-counter cough syrup because of the possibility of "serious and potentially life-threatening side effects," the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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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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The nation's pharmacy giants are taking measures to prevent people, especially young people, from using such common over-the-counter medications as cough syrups to get high.
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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