From the monthly archives: October 2008
As the cough and cold season is upon us, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association issued a news release regarding a voluntary change in labeling by manufacturers of over the counter pediatric cough and cold medicines to state do not use in children under 4 years of age.
“Children’s over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines are safe and [...]
Here’s a news story from MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27168078/ regarding an article we posted at the end of September from the Annals of Emergency Medicine about opiate abuse and resultant exposures in children.
By JoNel Aleccia
Health writer
updated 4:33 a.m. PT, Mon., Oct. 20, 2008
Nine-month-old Shayla Davidson was a [...]
I ran across a great blog post from Randy Ludacer, http://www.beachpackagingdesign.typepad.com/boxvox/.
The post briefly discusses medicines (and packaging) that look like candy and vice versa.
What was most interesting and cogent to me, as someone who handles calls to the poison control center, was his discussion of the misnomer “child proof” cap.
Give it a read:
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