About 10 days ago, I came down with a mystery cold. Most of the time you can point to where you acquired that illness, such as the coworker who insisted on coming to work despite the fact that he/she is sneezing and coughing all over the office. Oh, the contaminated air!! I have not been around anyone with an illness and I don't really interact with many people at work -- such is the life of an academic. Nevertheless, I am responsible for giving Mack a cold which manifested this past Friday.
For days, her nose went drip, drip, drip and now she goes cough, cough, cough. As parents, we don't have many options to deal with the symptoms. Cold medicine is ineffective and often just keeps babies from sleeping. We can use a humidified or vapor rub, but ever those have no scientific proof.
We just have to make them comfortable and hope for a swift recovery. Any tips?
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I was doing a google search on children's cough and cold medicine, and I came across your blog.
As a dad and a doctor, I find children’s cough and cold medications a very scary topic. I used believe the drug companies, and think that as long as my patient’s or I dosed the children’s cold & cough medications right, then everything would be OK. But when I researched this further, it turns out that children have died from “over dose” of ALL THE MAJOR CHILDRENS COLD AND COUGH MEDICINES even when given the correct dose.
The number of infant deaths attributed to cold and cough medicines is dramatically underreported. New research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics demonstrated that there were at least “10 unexpected infant deaths that were associated with cold-medication” in 2006 alone in the state of Arizona. Extrapolated over the US and Canadian population, that would be over 500 deaths a year associated with cold-medication! (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/2/e318)
The FDA recently said that they do not want to pull the medications for children under 6 because they are afraid that parents will give children adult doses because “parents would have no other alternatives.” The truth is that the American Academy of Pediatrics has said that buckwheat honey is a safe alternative.
Parents now have a safe, effective, yet natural choice for their children. Recent research from Penn State showed 100% pure Buckwheat Honey out performed children’s cough and cold medicine for children’s nighttime cough.
Buckwheat Honey is considered safe for children 1 and older, so it is the perfect choice for conscientious parents and doctors. Currently, “Honey Don’t Cough” is the only company packaging 100% pure Buckwheat Honey in ready-to-use packets for children. A growing number of pharmacies are providing “Honey don’t Cough,” it is available on Amazon.com. To learn more you can visit Check out http://www.honeydontcough.com/
-Daddydoctor
Thanks for the info Jeff! Unfortunately, Mack is only 10 months old so honey is out of the question. But, this is good info for the near future.
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