FDA advisers recommend stopping all use of cough and cold medicines for children under 6. They said they simply don't work. This comes on the heels of recalling cold medicines for children under 2. The FDA is expected to make their own ruling based on this evidence soon.
Reading some of the comments surrounding this story, this all is causing a huge uproar. Lots of people said they have been using these kinds of drugs on their kids for years with no repercussions. I, myself, don't use them on my kids, because when I tried, they were just too sensitive to the ingredients, as I am I. Perhaps this is where some of this comes into play. Sudafed makes my kids bounce off the walls, even at a reduced dosage - it does the same to me as an adult, so I don't take it. I will never be a Methamphetamine abuser for the same reason - as you may know that's what the druggies make Meth out of - Sudafed). And of course, I don't do drugs anyway ;)
Cough medicines, like Robitussin, don't seem to do the trick either for children or adults in our family, yet they were recommended for years. And guaifenesin actually gives me worse asthma, rather than helping a cough. I simply don't give it to the children.
Another member of the extended family has been known to give some kind of cold medicine to the kids to knock them out - I certainly abhor such practices, and have made my opinion know to those parties. If I ever caught them doing it, they would get reported. This is the stuff that the FDA has to contend with. Your comments all? Let us know what you think.
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