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Cough And Cold Medication Use - Articles
Cough and Cold Medication for Children
by
Alan T.
Posted
Fri 03 Oct 2008 11:31am
Paediatric cough and cold medications are widely available in Malaysia, but the patterns of use among children are unknown.
The lack of these information leads to the underappreciated serious adverse events (maybe even death events) among the children due to cough and cold medications.
Cough and cold medications include those contains antitussive
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Children's cough and cold medications: FAQ - Health Canada's Review-
by
ViaMedica
Posted
Fri 08 Jan 2010 12:00am
Canada decided that children under 6 should not use cough and cold medications?
Non-prescription, or over-the-counter, cough and cold medications have been used by children... not be effective in children.
There have also been reports of misuse, overdose, and side effects in children under 6 years of age who use cough and cold medications. The side effects
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Over-the-counter Cough & Cold Medications
by
Poh Tin Tan
Posted
Fri 19 Jun 2009 5:42pm
with over-the-counter cough and cold medications are uncommon, generally involve overdose with or without therapeutic intent, and mainly affect children younger than 2 years... the cough and cold ingredient and the fatality was at least possible in 118 cases. Overall, 82 cases involved a nonprescription medication alone, 21 cases involved exposure to both
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The medical uses of Hope
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:17am
, and in the experience of many other people with cancer who have far outlived their prognosis."
Hope is a powerful therapeutic tool - and doctors need to learn how to use it wisely !
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A Top Ten List of Medical Uses for the iPad: An Alternate Point of View
by
JaanS
Posted
Tue 02 Feb 2010 3:20pm
administrative support teams, questionable outcomes and the cold hard reality of actually taking care of patients - is pleased to offer its own Top 10 list of potential iPad uses... of touching screens instead of patients, managing data instead of diagnoses and being digital instead of doctors. Never mind that a consistent link between electronic record use
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