Summary

THERE IS CONCERN TODDLERS MAY BE BEING OVER MEDICATED WITH OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 77848
Story Slug OVERMEDICATION OF CHILDREN (10/5/1994)
Location BO\\BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Format PKG NO TAG
Date 10/05/1994
Archive Time 45:20
TRT 1:22
Supers ELEANOR WALSH, DAUGHTER HAS A COLD DR MARGARET HIGHAM, HARVARD COMMUNITY HEALTH HEATHER KAHN, REPORTING
Video Description MOTHER WITH DAUGHTER IN PEDIATRIC CLINIC; OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS IN DRUG STORE; TODDLERS DOING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
Description THERE IS CONCERN TODDLERS MAY BE BEING OVER MEDICATED WITH OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS
Script LEAD: WHEN YOUR LITTLE ONE GETS A COLD OR A MILD STOMACH ACHE MANY PEDIATRICIANS NOW SAY GO EASY ON THE OVER-THE-COUNTER REMEDIES PARENTS MAY BE OVER- MEDICATING YOUNG CHILDREN WHEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEDICINE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE TLC HEATHER KAHN REPORTS SCRIPT: THREE YEAR-OLD KATIE WALSH IS VISITING HER DOCTOR WITH SNIFFLES AND A SORE THROAT TYPICALLY WHEN SHE GETS A COLD, HER MOTHER HEADS TO THE PHARMACY IN SEARCH OF A REMEDY SOT SOT A NATIONWIDE SAMPLING FOUND IN THE PAST MONTH NEARLY 54 PERCENT OF ALL THREE YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WERE GIVEN SOME KIND OF OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICINE AMONG THE MOST COMMON TYLENOL AND COUGH AND COLD MEDICINE ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENTS AND ASPIRIN WERE LESS COMMON BUT STILL OF CONCERN BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN SOT PEDIATRICIAN MARGARET HIGHAM BELIEVES MANY OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS ARE INEFFECTIVE, EXPENSIVE AND, IF MISUSED, DANGEROUS DOCTOR HIGHAM DOES RECOMMEND TYLENOL TO REDUCE FEVER BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CHILD'S COMMON COLD OR MILD STOMACH ACHE SHE SAYS THE BEST MEDICINE OFTEN COMES FREE OF CHARGE SOT
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Keywords

YOUNG CHILDREN
TODDLERS
HEALTH
ILLNESS
MEDICAL
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION
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