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• Pediacare Recall: Children’s Medication Made at Problematic McNeil Plant

  June 1, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A recall for Pediacare has been issued as part of an expansion of the McNeil Consumer Healthcare children’s medication recall...

• Children Received Geodon Overdose During Pfizer Drug Trials, FDA Says

  April 27, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The drug maker Pfizer gave at least 13 children overdoses of its antipsychotic drug Geodon during clinical trials, according to...

• Vicks VapoRub Linked to Breathing Problems for Children Under 2

  January 14, 2009

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  The use of Vicks VapoRub in infants and toddlers under 2 years old has been associated with potentially severe respiratory...

• Health Canada Restricts Cough and Cold Medicines for Children Under 6

  December 19, 2008

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  Over-the-counter children’s cough and cold medications will be relabeled in Canada to indicate that they should not be used in...

• Mylicon Recall: Infants’ Gas Relief Drops Could Contain Metal Fragments

  November 11, 2008

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  Approximately 12,000 plastic 1 ounce bottles of Infants’ Mylicon Gas Relief Dye-Free Drops (simethicone-antigas) sold since October 5, 2008 have...

• FDA Supports Drug Makers 4-Year-Old Limit for OTC Cough and Cold Medicines

  October 10, 2008

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  In a statement released yesterday, the FDA notified healthcare providers and consumers that it supports the recent decision by the...

• New Warnings about Side Effects of Children’s Cough and Cold Medicines

  October 8, 2008

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  Makers of over-the-counter (OTC) children’s cough and cold drugs indicated yesterday that they will add new product warnings that the...

• Infant Deaths Linked to Children’s Cough and Cold Medicines

  August 8, 2008

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  New research published in the current issue of Pediatrics links the use of over-the-counter (OTC) children’s cough and cold medicines...