DRUG MAKERS PULL INFANT COLD MEDICINES!!

An update to a posting from October 3rd named FDA Experts Urge Ban on Cold Medicines for Young Children.

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Please note this is not a recall because there is something wrong with the medicine, they are pulling it off the shelves only because some parents just do not read dosage directions, and give their small children too much resulting in overdosage.


October 11, 2007


Drug Makers Today Voluntarily Pulled Kids cold medicines off the market less than 2 weeks after the govt warned of potential health risks for infants.

Products aimed at children under the age of two are being removed from store shelves due to "rare instantances of misuse" that could lead to accidental overdose, a trade group that represents over-the-counter drug makers said

Cold medicines being withdrawn include: Johnson & Johnson Pediacare Infant Drops and Tylenol Concentrated Infants Drops, Wyeth's Dimetapp Decongestant Infant Drops, Novartis' Triaminic Infant & Toddler Thin Strips and Prestige Brands Holdings' Little Colds Decongestant Plus Cough.

CVS Caremark Corp. said Thursday morning it would remove the affected products as well as CVS-brand equivalents from store shelves.

Late last month the Food and Drug Administration tentatively recommended adding labeling to the medicines indicating they are not to be used in young children.

Current labeling directs parents to consult a doctor before administering the drugs to infants and toddlers and many doctors say they are safe to use.

FDA will formally consider revising labeling at a meeting scheduled for Oct. 18-19.

After reviewing reports of side effects over the last four decades, FDA found 54 child fatalities from over-the-counter decongestant medicines. The agency found 69 reports of children's deaths connected with antihistamines, which are used to treat runny noses