ER Visits Drop More Than 50% After Infant Cough/Cold Product Withdrawal
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Manufacturers should improve packaging of OTC pediatric cough/cold medicines and educate consumers about the risk of unsupervised ingestion to reduce further the number of children who need emergency treatment due to the products, researchers and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association say.
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