Over-the-Counter Medicine for Kids An increasing number of reports about injuries and deaths from over-the-counter medicine has raised awareness that these OTC products can be dangerous. Many more over-the-counter medicines can be helpful though—as long as you use them at the correct dosages ...
A sign is placed near the section for children's medicine, Dec. 18, 2022 at a CVS in Greenlawn, N.Y. Leon Keith/AP "So, they may have gotten the flu, they may have gotten respiratory syncytial virus, which is RSV. COVID is still out there and there are a couple of flu-like ...
Bed Rest and Water Often Best Remedy; Over-The- Counter Cold and Flu Medicines May Be Doing Sick Children More Harm Than GoodWHEN kids get fluey we tend to reach for the cough mixture, but NPS MedicineWise is urging parents to heed the advice from the Therapeutic Goods Admi- nistration ...
you may be back at the office or have kids back in school or are just around others much more, which means your chances of coming down with something are that much higher. Knowing what the best cold and flu medicine for you is will help you get back on your feet faster if you actual...
There's no one right way to treat a cold or theflu. But here are some questions you can ask your pharmacist to get the correct over-the-countermedicationfor you. 1. Should I take a decongestant or an antihistamine? This depends on your symptoms. If you have nasal orsinuscongestion, the...
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...
Before modern medicine, people smoked a variety of plants and herbs to treat asthma. Some were mildly efficacious, while others were just plain dangerous. Oral and inhaled forms of epinephrine and ephedrine once were the only effective medications for treating asthma. Beginning in the 1980s, newer...
When colds and flu hit, many people naturally turn to over-the-counter(OTC) medicines (非处方药) to push through and treat their symptoms. Although these medicines are easily accessible and widely used, it might come as a surprise to many people to learn that they are not risk-free. A ...
"Over-the-counter medicines can be very helpful, but people need to take them with caution," says anesthesiologist Donna-Ann Thomas, MD, Yale Medicine's division chief of pain medicine. "You have to remember you are still taking a medication. It's important to follow the directions on the...
An article in the online journal BMJ Case Reports describes the first published case of confusional state in a healthy 14-year-old girl attributed to excessive consumption of over the counter cough medicine that contained codeine.