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Children are sick more often than most adults. For example, a child will contract on average six to eight colds a year, versus four colds a year for an adult. Herbs for children need to be of high quality and made into forms such as glycerites before volatile ingredients have been lost. Glycerine has the advantage of tasting naturally sweet. Parents might be needlessly spending billions of dollars on certain over-the-counter cough medicines for their children and teenagers, as the drugs' commonest medicinal ingredients are no more effective than placebos, researchers say. In a study of 100 youngsters with upper-respiratory infections, neither of two ingredients - dextromethorphan and diphenhydramine - was more effective than a placebo in improving the kids' nighttime cough and sleep, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine scientists report in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics. The placebo was a syrup with no reputed medicinal value. "This study ... questions whether over-the-counter medications have a place in the treatment of these illnesses for children," said Dr. Ian Paul, lead author of the Pediatrics article. Medicines should only be given if they do more good than harm, but unfortunately most over-the-counter cough mixtures don't follow this rule. Across the country, children and teens are intentionally overdosing on cold medicine or "robotripping" in order to get a hallucinogenic high. Robotripping,is the slang term for intentionally overdosing on over-the-counter cold medication such as the cough medicine Robitussin. Although cough syrup abuse is nothing new — it dates to more than 30 years ago — it seems to be undergoing a revival lately, with cases of teens overdosing on the medicine popping up across the country. Robitussin, NyQuil, Benadryl and Coricidin are among the favorites. The culprit ingredient is dextromethorphan, a common additive in cough suppressants that can cause hallucinations when used in large amounts. Users can suffer psychosis, brain damage, and seizures. Overdoses can be fatal. Fourteen people died last year from intentional overdoses of cold medicines, and several hundred were hospitalized. More than 80 over-the-counter cold medicines contain DXM, or dextromethorphan, a chemical that produces psychedelic effects when taken in large doses. DXM abuse is hard to track because it is legal and most abusers are under 18. Femhealth offers a number of safe, effective cold, flu and cough herbal medicines for children. For an alphabetical list of Femhealth products, visit our Site Directory. Privacy Statement | Dry Cough Relief | Wet Cough Expectorant | Sore Throat Spray | Cold Plus Formula | Immune Health Formula | Pain Relief Formula | Respiratory Breathe Easy | | Return Home | Jewelry | Skin Care | Femhealth Products | Great Links | Health Conditions | Contact Us | For Children | Site Directory | |
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