Mucinex cough for kids, how well does it work?!
Question: Mucinex cough for kids, how well does it work!?
have you ever used it for your kids, does it work good, any side effect that i should know please tell meWww@Answer-Health@Com
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The American Pediatric Association has come out against giving any type of cough or cold medicines to children!. Other studies and publications have also come out against this practice!.
"Over-the-counter medicine is commonly and casually used by millions of cold sufferers every year, but there is no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of OTC cough medicines, concludes a new systematic review of studies!."
"I do not give my kids over-the-counter cough medicine," said Thomas Fahey, professor of general practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School and review co-author!. "I do not advise my patients to do so!."!.!.!.
"The review of the studies appears in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research!. Systematic reviews like this one draw evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic!."
"The Cochrane review encompassed 25 studies, 17 of which involved 2,876 adults and eight of which involved 616 children!."!.!.!.
"In studies involving children, seven -- two with antitussives, two with antihistamines, two with antihistamine decongestants and one with antitussive-bronchodilator combinations -- showed the drugs were no more effective than placebo!. (Bronchodilators work to ease coughs by widening air passages!.)"
All paragraphs in quotes come from http://www!.sciencedaily!.com/releases/200!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
"Over-the-counter medicine is commonly and casually used by millions of cold sufferers every year, but there is no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of OTC cough medicines, concludes a new systematic review of studies!."
"I do not give my kids over-the-counter cough medicine," said Thomas Fahey, professor of general practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School and review co-author!. "I do not advise my patients to do so!."!.!.!.
"The review of the studies appears in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research!. Systematic reviews like this one draw evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing medical trials on a topic!."
"The Cochrane review encompassed 25 studies, 17 of which involved 2,876 adults and eight of which involved 616 children!."!.!.!.
"In studies involving children, seven -- two with antitussives, two with antihistamines, two with antihistamine decongestants and one with antitussive-bronchodilator combinations -- showed the drugs were no more effective than placebo!. (Bronchodilators work to ease coughs by widening air passages!.)"
All paragraphs in quotes come from http://www!.sciencedaily!.com/releases/200!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com