FDA is issuing a public health advisory on Thursday to warn parents to avoid these drugs for children under age 2 "because serious and potentially life-threatening side effects can occur."
It's not the first warning about cold remedies and tots: Drug companies last October quit selling dozens of versions targeted specifically to babies and toddlers. That same month, the FDA's own scientific advisers voted that the drugs don't even work in small children and shouldn't be used in preschoolers, either -- anyone under age 6.
Thursday's advisory marks the government's first ruling on the issue: Don't give the drugs to children under 2.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/16/cold.medicines.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest
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