Cold Medicines

We do not routinely recommend cold medications to infants under TWENTY FOUR months of age.

Decongestants should not be used under 6 years of age according to recent CDC and AAP guidelines.

-      Reason 1: Not approved by FDA because dosage not studied in this age range

-      Reason 2: Risk of dosage error causing high blood pressure

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Pseudo ephedrine dosage

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Phenylephrine dosage