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The number of young children go to emergency after taking cough and cold medicines too was halved after the pharmaceutical companies have taken medication for their age group on the market, according to a new study.
Doctors say that research, published today in the journal Pediatrics, shows that taking drugs on the shelves did what he intends to do there is still more than the drug manufacturers to and both parents can do to protect children from ending the emergency room.
But "In general I think it's really good," said Dr. Daniel Budnitz, author of the study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But "people say," Wait a minute, these substances are not sold more. There should be zero (ER) visits. "
In 2007, the end came against drug manufacturers cough and cold together and decided that they stop selling these medicines in children under two years.
Since then, the withdrawal has been updated to include cough and cold medicines for children under 4 years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January 2008 recommended that parents avoid using these products to treat children younger than 2 "because serious side effects and possibly death may occur.
To examine the effect of these drugs from the market, Budnitz and his colleagues examined the number of children going to emergency rooms for problems associated with cough and cold medications, before and after it was pulled. Using a sample of 60 hospitals in the United States, the authors estimate the number of these cases at national level, pre-and post-retirement.
In the first 14 months of the initial withdrawal was made about 2800 children under 2 years old I went to the emergency room after they cough and cold medicines. In 14 months, that number dropped to about 1250 children. Older children, the number of emergency room visits has not changed significantly. "What this research shows, is exactly what you expect," said Lavonas.
The good news is, there are ways for the companies that make the medications and for parents to cut down on both of those problems.Cough and cold medicines made for older kids and for adults need to be designed so that it's much harder for kids to get into them and accidentally take a dangerous amount, Lavonas said.
When kids are sick, parents can give appropriate doses of Tylenol and make sure their kid is comfortable and drinking plenty of fluids, Rieder said.If your kid does get into a cough and cold medication bottle and take too much, you shouldn't necessarily run to the nearest emergency room, Lavonas said."If your child is not critically ill right in front of you, your very first call should be to your local poison control center," he said.
