Thanks to the FDA, I now have a clutter-free, neatly organized medicine cabinet for the first time since stockpiling it for the arrival of twin babies. It's amazing how much stuff you can fit (aka "cram"!) into a tiny medicine closet. Now I'm left like many parents, smack in the middle of cold and flu season with the newfound knowledge that not only are over-the-counter cold and cough medicines not even effective for children under two, they're potentially dangerous.
According to the U.S....
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Source: FirstDatabank Drug
Generic Name: OMEPRAZOLE DELAYED RELEASE TABLET - ORALPronounced: (oh-MEH-pruh-zole)Prilosec OTC Oral Uses Omeprazole is used to treat certain... Read more »
Source: FirstDatabank Drug
Generic Name: DIPHENHYDRAMINE - ORALPronounced: (dye-fen-HI-druh-meen)Allergy Medicine Oral Uses Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine used to... Read more »
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