National, local pharmacies work to prevent illegal use of medicines they sellCVS has restricted sales of some over-the-counter medications that contain pseudoephedrine, an ingredient sometimes used to make methamphetamine.Mitchell Grogg
Medicines containing salicylates, including aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), should not be given to children or teens because of the risk ofReye’s syndrome. Parents should also avoid medicines like the Kaopectate and adult formulations of Pepto Bismol, which contain bismuth subsalicylate. The pediatric...
Accidentally giving a child a dose that's too high can be easy to do; parents might use two different brands of medicine at the same time, not realizing they contain the same ingredients, or may incorrectly measure a dose if they get up in the middle of the night to soothe a child. ...
If you are trying to remove GMOs from your diet – you’ve got to make sure to look in your medicine cabinet too. All of these over-the-counter cold and flu remedies here listed have potential ingredients that contain GMOs. Many of the ingredients are hidden sources of GMOs. (See afull...
Some nonprescription medicines contain pseudoephedrine, whose safety is currently being examined by the European Drug Agency. As a result, it is recommended that the Bulgarian Drug Agency, in its capacity as a control body for medicines in Bulgaria, reviews the over-the-counter medicines containing...
which can increase blood pressure. to keep your blood pressure in check, avoid over-the-counter decongestants and multisymptom cold remedies that contain decongestants—such as pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, phenylephrine, naphazoline and oxymetazoline. also, check the label for high sodium content, which...
We investigated Shoseiryuto decoction and its extract product and found that ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, asarinin, [6]-shogaol, gomisin A, and schisandrin could be used as markers for evaluating bioequivalence between new dosage forms and those that are already approved [128, 129]. Our evaluation...
Under the Patriot Act signed by President Bush on March 9, 2006, all drug products that contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine must be kept behind the pharmacy counter and must be sold in limited quantities to consumers after they show identification and sign a logbook.Linda Bren...
Some of these medicines also contain substances such as antihistamines (pheniramine maleate) and decongestants (pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine hydrochloride, dimetidine) that can cause various unwanted side effects. Considering the aforementioned aspects and also the peculiarities of childhood, we recommend ...