Ineffective Cough And Cold Medicine Still Administered To Infants
Chicago, Illinois, 22 November 2010 — Complaints from Pediatricians in 2007 on the ineffectiveness of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines in young children, makers voluntarily withdrew them from the shelves. Reports released today confirm a significant reduction in Emergency Room visits over bad reactions to the medicines in question. However, ER cases still exist to this day concerning these same medicines that were taken off the shelves three years ago.
It seems parents kept hold of the bottles taken off the shelves and administered them to their children regardless of the ineffectiveness and safety risks of overdoses causing extreme drowsiness, increased heart rate and even some deaths.
The Food and Drug Administration now has warning labels advising against administering over-the-counter cold and cough medicines in children younger than 4, up from age 2 and younger in 2008.
Parents need to be better informed as to the options in treating infants. The truth is that there is little doctors can do. Other than removing the excess mucous of a stuffy nose with a bulb device, acetaminophen (infant Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil), it’s in the hands of Time and Mother Nature.
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Posted by Chris Amos
on Nov 22 2010. Filed under Well-Being.
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