Despite Warning, OTC Meds Given to Kids

Youth & Family

Despite Warning, OTC Meds Given to Kids
By Richard Scott
March 9, 2011

A recent poll shows that many parents are giving their children under 2 over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, despite warnings from the FDA, which has linked these medicines to hundreds of cases of poisoning or death. Sixty-one percent of parents gave their children such OTC medicines, and more than half reported that the child’s doctor said they were safe. In addition to being dangerous, according to the FDA, these medicines ha

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