Cold and Flu Medication for Kids. . .

You have to be careful with medication these days. I do not like to take medicine, mostly because I worry about it masking symptoms and I worry about creating the ultimate virus that will destroy us all.

Usually, I will follow the box information for medications so that I do not harm myself or my kids, but disturbingly I read the following this morning:

Oct 28, 2008 --
FDA labeling on children's cold remedies is bogus

Clark is beyond angry about the FDA's actions regarding children's cold remedies. Here's the scoop: For years, the drug companies have been making big bank selling children's versions of their OTC cold and flu remedies for adults. The industry has been allowed to set its own labeling standards for the safe age to give children such medications.

6 years of age is the scientifically accepted demarcation age when it's safe to give a child an OTC cold or flu remedy. But the industry got labeling that suggests it's safe to dispense the medication when a child is 4. That's a complete lie, and it remains unsupported by any science to Clark's knowledge.

Prior to age 6, the only thing you should be giving your child for cold or flu symptoms is ibuprofen or Tylenol -- unless, of course, you hear differently from your pediatrician or nurse practitioner. Do not allow the FDA's false labeling to sway you. They were bought by dirty money on this one.

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Just another reason to not "pop a pill" for any little cough or sneeze.