Safety Profile of Cough and Cold Medication Use in Pediatrics

2 downloads 0 Views 544KB Size Report
PEDIATRICS Volume 139, number 6, June 2017:e20163070 ... WhaT ThIs sTuDy aDDs: This study describes the safety ..... large surveillance network provides.
Safety Profile of Cough and Cold Medication Use in Pediatrics

Jody L. Green, PhD,​a George Sam Wang, MD,​b Kate M. Reynolds, MPH,​a William Banner, MD, PhD,​c G. Randall Bond, MD,​d Ralph E. Kauffman, MD,​e Robert B. Palmer, PhD,​a Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc,​f,​g Richard C. Dart, MD, PhDa

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The safety of cough and cold medication (CCM) use in children has

been questioned. We describe the safety profile of CCMs in children