Mar 24, 2013 | Poughkeepsie Journal
Watch child's medicine closely, FDA warns
It's the time of year when cold season and allergy season overlap, and parents need to know the active ingredients in the medicines they give their children for these conditions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
Mixing cold, allergy drugs can cause harm, agency says.
It's the time of year when cold season and allergy season overlap, and parents need to know the active ingredients in the medicines they give their children for these conditions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
US Food and Drug Administration
Sick child in bed, mother reading medicine label
Read the Drug Facts Label: Active ingredients, which make a medicine effective against the illness it is treating, are listed first on the product's Drug Facts label.