Children's cough and cold medicines have not been good news. A recent study in the Medical Journal Pediatrics mentions about the use of these cough and cold medicines in children under the age of 6 may cause as many as 500 child deaths a year, causing many to believe that the dangers are not worth the risk.
The first strike against cough and cold medicines came in 2006, when the (ACCP) American College of Chest Physicians stated that over-the -counter cough and cold medicines are ineffective in treating the underlying causes of the cough. The guidelines they presented strongly recommended against the use of such medicines ages 14 and younger.
Strike two came in 2008-that's when the F.D.A. issued a public health advisory recommending that over-the-counter cough and cold products not be given to infants and children under 2 years of age because of serious side effects.
We hope there is no third strike. Now that science is showing that they are neither effective or safe. Ask a HealthFirst Doctor about natural alternatives to these dangerous medicines.
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