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• Some child cough medicine overdoses linked to abuse

  Some children in the U.S. who died after taking over-the-counter cough medicines may have been given the medication to sedate them, say experts who reviewed the deaths. Read More... Posted Dec 19 2008, 10:58 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Colds, Abuse

• Children under 6 shouldn't get cough and cold medicines, Health Canada advises

  Don't give cold and cough medications to children under the age of six, Health Canada advised Thursday after reviewing the effectiveness and potential dangers of the drugs. Read More... Posted Dec 18 2008, 01:01 PM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Colds

• Selling cough, cold medicines for children under 12 questioned

  Health Canada is considering changing the rules on selling and labelling children's cold medications that have been linked to serious complications and at least three deaths among children under the age of two between 1995 and 2007, according to confidential... Posted Nov 28 2008, 11:59 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Colds

• Sale of cough, cold medicines for children under 6 reviewed

  Banning over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children under six might drive parents to resort to adult medicines, a U.S. health official said in weighing a recall of products to fight runny noses and congestion. Read More... Posted Oct 03 2008, 11:01 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Warnings, Colds

• Study urges caution around cough and cold drugs for kids

  Adults need to be extra vigilant when it comes to over-the-counter cough and cold medications for children - even if adverse reactions to such drugs account for only a small percentage of emergency room visits, a new study has found. Read More... Posted Feb 04 2008, 06:25 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Warnings, Colds

• 7,000 kids visit ER each year due to cough and cold meds: CDC

  A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 7,000 children aged 11 and younger visit hospital emergency departments each year because of cough and cold medications. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2008, 11:35 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Warnings, Product Safety, Colds

• Infant cough, cold medicines recalled for overdose danger

  Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare is pulling cough and cold medicines in the U.S. for infants because of overdose dangers, the company announced Thursday. Read More... Posted Oct 11 2007, 04:48 AM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Warnings, Product Safety, Colds

• Health Canada to advise against cough, cold remedies for infants

  Health Canada is expected to issue an advisory warning people not to give over-the-counter cold and cough medications to children under two and adjust labels to reflect the concerns, CBC News has learned. Read More... Posted Oct 10 2007, 06:30 PM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Youth, Drugs, Warnings, Colds