Warnings Re: Over-the-Counter Medication for Children: Less is More

PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Parents may be giving their children more medicine than they should, according to new research being presented this week at Research Forum during Scientific Assembly, the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Two studies are raising concern about over-the-counter pediatric medications (“Liquid Pediatric Medication Dosing Cups Are Inaccurate” and “Do Parents in the Emergency Department Understand the Food and Drug Administration’s Recommendation on Cough and Cold Medication Use in Children Under Two Years of Age? A Survey”).