US reviews safety of children's cold drugs
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WASHINGTON -- Government health officials said yesterday they are reviewing whether popular medicines like Tylenol Plus Cold &amp; Cough and Infant Triaminic Thin Strips are safe and effective in treating children's colds and coughs.
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In light of new recommendations that the US Food and Drug Administration consider stern warnings about a possible link between antidepressants and suicidal thoughts among children, agency officials are re-evaluating whether adults on these medications can
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The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) 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 &amp; Co.
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Medicines for young children often contain additives banned from food for under-threes, research shows.
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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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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a U.S. government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.
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Congress is looking into whether the Food and Drug Administration ignored safety concerns about the drug raised by its own reviewers and outside scientists.
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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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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - 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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BETHESDA (Maryland) - Top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have said publicly - for the first time - that scientific trials of frequently prescribed antidepressants have powerfully demonstrated that children who took the medications faced an
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If you catch a cold or get the flu this winter, be very careful if you take more than one medication to ease your symptoms. The two drugs could share ingredients that could pose a danger
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The American Psychiatric Association commends the Food and Drug Administration, and in particular its Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee and its Pediatric Advisory Committee, for its public hearing on safe antidepressant use in pediatric patients
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Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines  -  they're too risky for tots so small
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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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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 can be dangerous for young children and there is no evidence they work, doctors told a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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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.