NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of young children going to the emergency room after taking too much cough and cold medicine was cut in half after drug companies took medications for their age ...

While a stuffy nose, scratchy throat and body aches can stop you in your tracks, the best cold medicine can help you bounce back faster and feel more like yourself. But facing packed drugstore shelves ...

Last year, people in the US bought approximately 242 million packages of oral over-the-counter cough, cold, and allergy remedies containing phenylephrine from retail stores, according to sales data ...

Most children don't need cough syrup, experts say. Learn safe home remedies, age restrictions, and when to see a doctor for your child's cough.

A month after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that phenylephrine – the active ingredient in popular allergy, cold, and cough drugs – is ineffective, CVS has decided to pull the ...

CVS will remove common cold and cough remedies from its shelves if they contain an active ingredient that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel says does not work. “We are voluntarily removing ...

The MHRA has withdrawn pholcodine-containing cough and cold medicines from the UK market as a precautionary measure due to concerns of the potential to cause a severe allergic reaction in some people ...

CLAIM: Over-the-counter cold and cough medications are being pulled from drugstore shelves in an effort to start the “next plandemic” or force people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. THE FACTS: Not all ...

After voluntary market withdrawal by manufacturers in 2007 of over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines for children younger than 2 years, and a relabeling a year later, emergency department (ED ...

Very young children simply should not take some commonly used cold and cough medicines, federal health officials say in recommending that the “consult your physician” advice to parents on the labels ...

The Centre has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories, directing that cough and cold medications should not be prescribed to children under the age of two years.The advisory, issued by ...

Discover the reasons why you have a lingering cough after a cold, and what to do about it, according to doctors. For one, you could have leftover irritation in your airways. Or you could have a ...