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 meHealth Question & Answer
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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...Health Question & Answer
"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...Health Question & Answer