FDA Will Review Children’s Cold Medicines

Responding to recent outcry that children’s over-the-counter cold and cough medicines may be ineffective or even dangerous, The Food and Drug Administration will revise standards for those medications. This will be the first time the criteria have been revised in decades. In March of 2007, a group of pediatricians filed a petition with the FDA seeking to restrict the use of childrens’ medicines. Rob Stein, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 08/25/2008