Restricting cough and cold medicines in children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-98

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b,c   Prior, Felicity ^c   Kilham, Henry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute cough; antihistamine; antitussive; common cold; decongestant; drug regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BROMHEXINE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CLEMASTINE; CODEINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIHYDROCODEINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYLAMINE; GUAIFENESIN; IPECAC; NALOXONE; OXYMETAZOLINE; PENTOXYVERINE; PHENIRAMINE MALEATE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PHOLCODINE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SALBUTAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; IRRITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; COUGH; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; NASAL DECONGESTANTS;

EID: 84856894572     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01780.x     Document Type: Review

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