Filed under: In the news, Home remedies
The FDA already warns parents that if you've got a sick kid under two,
don't give them cough and cold medications. There are just too many side effects and scant evidence that the medicine actually works.
And now, British regulators have come to the same conclusion, with an important twist --
caution should extend up to the age of 12. There's
no clear evidence that cold medicines relieve children's symptoms, and allowing kids to take them risks allergic reactions, sleep disruptions and even hallucinations.
"There should be no side effects acceptable for a medication that doesn't work," pediatrician Dr. Daniel Rauch tells
The Early Show. "Since the cold and cough medicines don't produce any good effects, you shouldn't accept any risk at all for your child. And there's no proven benefit for any of these medications for kids of any age."
Continue reading Cold Medicine - New Warnings May Be On Their Way
译文:
感冒药-新的警告出现了
文件归类;新闻报道，家庭治疗法
美国食品药品管理局警告父母：如果你两岁以内的孩子得了病，不要给他们吃咳嗽和感冒药。因为感冒药有太多的副作用，很少有证据证明它们起到真正的作用。
现在，英国监督局下了同样的结论，但有重大不同-感冒药警告增至12岁儿童。没有明显的证据显示感冒药能缓解儿童的症状以及儿童服感冒药可能引起过敏反应、睡眠干扰甚至幻觉症状的危险。
“不起作用的感冒药应当不会有副作用。”儿科医生丹尼尔说在“早间秀”节目说，“既然感冒和咳嗽药产生不了好的效果，你也不必担心孩子有任何副作用危险。也没有证据证明任何年龄段的孩子药物治疗的好处。”
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