Cough-Medicine Dilemma Widens
Advisory Panel Says Children Under Six Shouldn't Get Drugs
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said Friday there is no evidence that over-the-counter cold and cough medicines work in children and the products shouldn't be given to those younger than 6 years old.
The committee's recommendations, if the FDA chooses to follow them, would cap an extraordinary reversal of decades of medical and commercial practice with the drugs, which have long been marketed to treat children and even young toddlers ...
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