FDA pushes ban of OTC cold remedies for kids

delawareonline ¦: "Parents agonize with no measure of guilt about their sometimes reliance on over-the-counter medicines to treat colds. Now the federal Food and Drug Administration says these medicines long used to treat children's coughs and colds don't work and shouldn't be used at all. And many pediatricians agree. The American Academy of Pediatrics says parents are being lulled into believing that the cold symptoms are resolved. In fact it's more likely that a sedating effect is masking symptoms that eventually go away just as they would after 'a lot of love and plenty of liquids.' ".........