Parents with Infants....DO NOT USE THAT MEDICINE!

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Published on October 11, 2007 By Tova7 In Health & Medicine

I know we have some parents of infants here (kids under two). If you aren't one, you probably know one. I found this today while perusing the news.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug makers on Thursday voluntarily pulled children's cold medicines off the market less than two weeks after the government warned of potential health risks to infants.

Over-the-counter medications aimed at children under the age of two are being removed from store shelves because of rare instances of parents accidentally overdosing young children, a trade group that represents over-the-counter drug makers said. The group said parents should not use any medicines they have at home.

Cold medicines being withdrawn include: Johnson & Johnson Pediacare Infant Drops and Tylenol Concentrated Infants Drops, Wyeth's Dimetapp Decongestant Infant Drops, Novartis' Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips and Prestige Brands Holdings' Little Colds Decongestant Plus Cough.

Find the entire article here....http://www.rr.com/flash/index.cfm?rev=10253

Comments (Page 2)

KarmaGirl

on Oct 17, 2007

hmmmm. Parents overdose children. The medicine must be a danger to everyone and be pulled off the shelves! Why does the logic seem missing? Shouldn't we be more concerned that PARENTS are idiots? The medicine itself was not a danger....stupid parents were.

Yeah, I was just thinking that. I mean, Tylenol can be dangerous, too, if overdosed (can cause renal failure), should we pull that, too?

Wow, that sounds like something I may use in my Cade series. It sounds wicked.

Ever see Nightmare Before Christmas? It's what she keeps putting in the Scientists tea.

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