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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

FDA Evaluating Prescription Opioids in Pediatric Cough Medicines

The FDA has announced that it is “carefully evaluating” prescription cough suppressants for children, according to a statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD.

“There are few more common decisions that parents and providers are asked to make than the question of how to appropriately treat a child’s cough and cold symptoms,” Dr. Gottlieb said in the statement. “Sometimes symptoms can be severe enough that prescription medication is needed, but some of