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Helping Parents Make Educated Choices in Caring for Their Child
It’s 3 a.m. and your child has been up coughing all night, you want to run to the medicine cabinet, but you hear that voice in the back of your head reminding you it’s not safe to give children medicine. What do you do? Why are these medicines that seem to offer relief all of the sudden forbidden? What is it that makes them so dangerous? These answers and more are provided in the pages ahead.
Over-the-counter (”OTC”) cold medicines have been used for years to treat cold symptoms. Recently, they have been scrutenized because of the dangerous side effects that can be caused by the active ingredients. Young children, especially those under the age of two are at great risk of accidental overdose when using these medicines, which can lead to life-threatening situations. As parents, you want to help your sick child. It is important to educate yourself on the many types of medicines, safety issues/conc, as well as how to avoid the dangerous accidental overdose.
If you feel you have been mislead by the pharmaceutical companies and their products, see our Legal Section to learn more about drug recalls, other cold medicine lawsuits and how to find a lawyer in your area that can help advise you on your special situation.
Please Note:
This website is not intended to act as a substitute for professional medical or legal advice. The information compiled in this site is intended only to increase your knowledge of over-the-counter cold medicines and their effects.