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FDA exploring safety of children's cough and cold medicines
Federal regulators tomorrow will explore setting new standards for over-the-counter cough and cold remedies intended for children.
A year after manufacturers voluntarily pulled the medicines for children under 2 off store shelves, the Food and Drug Administration is holding a hearing in Washington to guide testing for safety and effectiveness that has never been done. Like many drugs for children, the cough and cold medicines were approved based on trials in adults, a practice now discredited by research that shows children are more complicated than "miniature adults."
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